Tribhuvan Prasad Singh, also known as TP Singh, was a 1936-batch ICS officer and India's first full-time secretary of the Planning Commission. A new rose variety bears his name.
The renowned nursery and rose breeder in South Asia, K S Gopalaswamiengar Son, also known as KSG Son, developed "Tribhuvan" over a period of four and a half years in Chamarajpet, Bengaluru. Despite being identified in 2025, the rose will only be available for purchase and display in 2027 and will be included in the KSG roses catalogue 2027–2028.
T P Singh (1913–1975), who went on to become the nation's secretary of finance and agriculture, is frequently remembered as one of the most influential post-independence politicians."We decided to name a rose variety after T P Singh to honour his invaluable contribution to the formation of the country's policies in its nascent years since Independence as secretary with Planning Commission and later finance and agriculture secretary," KSG Son CEO Sarvesh Sarvesh Sriram told The Indian Express. Second, during the past fifty years, he and his family have actively promoted a wide range of roses. TP Singh was one of our customers as well.
According to Sriram, they decided to create a hybrid of "Black Prince and Corrida" to be named after TP Singh because he was a huge fan of deep-red roses.In 1925–1926, KSG Son was established. With more than 4,500 types, it is renowned for keeping one of the biggest collections of garden roses in South Asia. They have constructed green areas for the Indian Railways, catalogued more than 2,000 rose varieties, and supplied many of them to the Rashtrapati Bhavan Gardens.
"As I commemorate my father on his birthday (May 9), KSG Son honouring my father through a rose is to honour more than an administrator and policymaker," stated N K Singh, the son of TP Singh, chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, and former MP. It also honours a guy who went from humble beginnings to a position of significant national responsibility.

Therefore, "Tribhuvan" is more than just a new rose variety; it's a living tribute to a distinguished public worker and a highly refined rosarian.
Singh recalled his father's love of gardening, saying, "His interest in roses gradually deepened into the work of a serious rosarian." He kept an amazing garden with over two thousand rose plants at our family's Sheikhpura home in Patna. Each rose plant was meticulously labelled with its pedigree and traits. This was hardly a hobbyist's carefree zeal. It demonstrated perseverance, research, and long-term care.
He claimed that his father would personally show guests around the garden while describing the many types, their biology, and their genetic significance.
Thus, it is particularly fitting that Patna be connected to "Tribhuvan."