Department Of Animal Husbandry

Dr. R.Vijayan M.V.Sc., Ph.D., F.V.A.Sc.

Visiting Professor (Veterinary &Animal Husbandry)

Area of Specialization: Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Course Handled: Livestock and Poultry Management

Dr. K. Viswanathan, M.V.Sc, Ph.D

Professor (Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences)

Area of Specialization: Newer Feed resources, Poultry nutrition, Agro-forestry

Department of Crop Management

Dr. S. Nalliah Durairaj Ph.D.

Professor in Agronomy

Area of Specialization: Cropping System & Water Management
Course Handled: 1. All Agronomy courses in UG & PG Programme,
2. Guided 15 students of M.Sc. (Ag.) Degree in Agronomy,
3. Assisted in preparation of UG curricula and syllabi in 1995 for Agronomy courses in TNAU

Dr. M. Mohamed Amanullah M.Sc., Ph.D.

Professor in Agronomy

Area of Specialization: Farming System
Course Handled: 1. All Agronomy courses in UG & PG Programme,
2. Guided 8 students of M.Sc. (Ag.) Degree and 5 Ph.D students in Agronomy

Dr. R. Balamurugan, Ph.D. with ASRB-NET

Assistant professor (Agronomy)

Area of Specialization: Nutrient and weed Management, Organic farming
Course Handled: 1. Fundamental of Agronomy and Agricultural heritage ,
2. Introductory Agro-meterology and Climate change,
3. Crop Production Technology - I (Kharif crops), II(Rabi crops) ,
4. Study tour ,
5. Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture,
6. Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture,
7. Practical Crop Production - I (Kharif crops), II(Rabi crops)
8.Principles of Organic farming,
9.Weed and Irrigation management,
10. Project Report Preparation, presentation and Evaluation

Dr. M. Keerthana, Ph.D. with ASRB-NET

Assistant Professor (Agronomy)

Area of Specialization: Weed management
Course Handled: Fundamentals of Agronomy and Agricultural Heritage

Mr. Kanala Vishnuvardhan Reddy, M.Sc. (Ag.) with ASRB -NET

Assistant Professor (Agronomy)

Area of Specialization: Agronomy
Course Handled: 1. Practical Crop Production-II (Rabi),
2. Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture

Mr. S. Soundar Rajan, M. Sc. (Forestry)

Assistant Professor (Agroforestry)

Area of Specialization: Forestry
Course Handled: Agroforestry

Dr. Geethu Jacob, Ph.D. with ASRB -NET

Assistant Professor (Soil Science &Agrl Chemistry)

Area of Specialization: Soil fertility and Plant nutrition
Course Handled: 1. Problematic Soils and their management,
2. Environmental Pollution and management

Dr. Senthil Kumar A, Ph.D with ASRB - NET

Assistant Professor – Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry

Area of Specialization: Crop residue, Moisture regime and Nutrient management
Course Handled: 1. Fundamentals of Soil Science,
2. Soil Resource Inventory,
3. Problematic Soils and Their Management,
4. Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management,
5. Crop and Pesticide Chemistry,
6. Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry
7. On Farm Advisory on Soil Health, Water Quality and Plant Nutrition

Mr.Vinothraj. J, M.Sc.(Ag.)

Assistant Professor(Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry)

Area of Specialization: Soil fertility and Crop residue management
Course Handled: 1.Fundamentals of Soil science(2+1),
2.Soil Resource Inventory(1+1),
3.Soil Fertility, fertilizers and manures(2+1),
4.Geo-Informatics for Precision farming(1+0),
5.Problematic soils and their management(2+0),
6.Crop and Pesticide chemistry(2+2)

Mrs.P.Sangeetha, M.Sc.(Ag.).

Assistant Professor (Agricultural Microbiology)

Area of Specialization: Biofertilizers,Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt)
Course Handled: 1.Fundamentals of Microbiology
2.Agricultural Microbiology
3.Project Work
4.Experiential Learning programme

Dr.K.Vasnthakumr M. Sc. Horticulture, Ph.D

Professor Of Horticulture

Area of Specialization: Plantation Horticulture, Spices, Floriculture and Landscaping, Processing Technology of Horticulture Crops
Course Handled: Production Technology of Ornamental Cropsand Landscaping

Dr. Geethu M, M.Sc., Ph.D. with ASRB-NET

Assistant Professor (Horticulture)

Area of Specialization: Post-Harvest Technology
Course Handled: 1. Production technology of vegetables and spices,
2. Commercial nursery production technology in horticulture,
3. Principles of Food Science and Nutrition

Dr. Maheswari R.S. Nair, Ph.D. with ASRB-NET

Assistant Professor (Horticulture)

Area of Specialization: Horticulture (Plantation Crops and Spices)
Course Handled: 1. Fundamentals of Horticulture,
2. Production technology for Fruit and Plantation crop

Mr. J. Purushothaman, M.Sc. (Hort.) with ASRB - NET

Assistant Professor (Horticulture)

Area of Specialization: Molecular breeding and Vegetable hybridization

Dr. Jagamohan Meher Ph.D

Assistant Professor (Agricultural Engineering)

Er. M. Selvaraj

Assistant Professor (Agricultural Engineering)

Area of Specialization: Renewable Energy
Course Handled: 1. Soil and Water conservation Engineering,
2. Protected Cultivation and Secondary Agriculture,
3. Renewable Energy and Green Technology

Ms. K. Mathavi

Teaching Assistant (Agrl. Engineering)

Area of Specialization: Farm implements and food packaging material’s
Course Handled: 1. Soil and water conservation Engineering,
2. Renewable Energy and green technology

Dr. C. David Devadhas M.Sc. (Ag), M.B.A, Ph.D

Guest Faculty

Area of Specialization: Arboriculture, Turf, Plant propagation, Landscape Design, Floriculture
Course Handled: 1. Landscaping and ornamental Horticulture,
2. Floriculture,
3. Nursery Techniques and propagation
4. Management of Horticulture crops
5. Fundamentals of Horticulture
6. Turf laying and management
7. Tree planting and management

Mr. S. Udhaya Bharathi, M.Sc. (Ag.)

Assistant Professor (Agronomy)

Area of Specialization: Crop production, Moisture stress management
Course Handled: 1. Crop Production Technology -II (Rabi Crops),
2. Introductory Agro-meteorology and Climate Change

Ms. K. Sindhu, M.Sc. (Ag.)

Assistant Professor (Agronomy)

Area of Specialization: Nutrient management
Course Handled: 1. Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture,
2. Principles of Organic Farming

Ms. K. Buvaneshwari, M.Sc. (FSN) with UGC - NET

Assistant Professor (Food Science and Nutrition)

Area of Specialization: Food Science and Nutrition quality
Course Handled: 1. Principles of Food Science and Nutrition,
2. Post Harvest Management and Value Addition of Fruits and Vegetables

Department of Crop Improvement

Dr. S. Jebaraj M.Sc., Ph.D

Professor in Plant breeding and genetics

Area of Specialization: Plant breeding and genetics
Course Handled: Courses Handled for UG, PG and Ph. D in Plant breeding

Mrs. Greety Williams, M.Sc. (Ag.) with ASRB – NET

Assistant Professor (Plant Breeding)

Area of Specialization: Tissue culture, germplasm characterization and evaluation
Course Handled: 1.Introduction to Agricultural Botany
2.Fundamentals of Genetics
3.Fundamentals of Plant Breeding
4.Crop Improvement
5.Plant Genetic Resources – Collection, conservation and utilization

Dr. R. Muthuvijayaragavan, Ph.D., PDF

Assistant Professor (Plant Breeding and Genetics)

Area of Specialization: Marker Assisted Selection, SNP Genotyping
Course Handled: 1.Introduction to Agricultural Botany
2.Fundamentals of Genetics
3.Crop Improvement
4.Plant Biotechnology
5.Plant Genetic Resources – Collection, conservation and utilization

Mrs. E. Punitha M.Sc.,(Agri)

Assistant Professor (Agrl. Biotechnology )

Area of Specialization: Plant Molecular Biology
Course Handled: 1. Plant Biotechnology
2. Fundamentals and Applications of Nanotechnology
3. Fundamentals of Crop Physiology

Dr. G.P. Chinnasamy M.Sc., Ph.D

Assistant Professor (Seed Science & Technology)

Area of Specialization: Seed Quality Testing and Seed Vigour
Course Handled: Principles of Seed Technology

Department of Crop Protection

Dr. M. Syamala, Ph.D. with ASRB – NET

Associate Professor (Plant Pathology)

Area of Specialization: Plant Bacteriology
Course Handled: 1.Fundamentals of Plant Pathology, 2.Principles of Integrated Plant Disease Management, 3.Diseases of Field Crops and Their Management, 4.Diseases of horticultural crops and their management 5.Diseases of field and horticultural crops and their management -I, 6.Experiencial learning, 7.Project in plant pathology

Dr. J. Gowri Prakash, Ph.D. with ASRB – NET

Assistant Professor (Agrl. Entomology)

Area of Specialization: Insect Taxonomy
Course Handled: Pests of Horticultural crops, Stored produces and their management

Dr. A. Athithya, Ph.D. with ASRB – NET

Assistant Professor (Agrl Entomology)

Area of Specialization: Hymenopteran Parasitoid Taxonomy and Bio-control
Course Handled: Management of beneficial and harmful insects

Ms.K. Vinothini, M.Sc. (Ag.)

Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)

Area of Specialization: Mycology, Biological Control, Plant Molecular Biology, Molecular Docking and Metagenomics.
Course Handled: 1. Principles of Integrated Plant Diseases Management,
2. Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their management

Department of Social Science

Dr.J. Jane Sujatha,Ph.D.

Professor & Head, Agrl.Extension Education

Mr.A.Joney Prasad,M.Sc(Ag.),D.F.T.,PGDHRM.

Assistant Professor (Agricultural Extension)

Area of Specialization: HR Development, Training, Agricultural Extension
Course Handled: 1.Fundamentals of Rural sociology and educational psychology, 2.National Service Scheme, 3.Development Education, 4.Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education, 5.Dimensions of Agricultural Extension, 6.Communication Skills and Personality Development, 7.Extension Methodologies & Transfer of Agricultural Technology, 8.Rural Agricultural Work Experience, 9.All India Study Tour, 10.Project Work

Dr. Y. Melba, M. Sc (Agri.), Ph.D

Assistant Professor (Economics)

Area of Specialization: Development Economics
Course Handled: Farm Management, Production and Resource Economics

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar S, M.Sc. (Ag.) with ASRB – NET

Assistant Professor (Economics)

Area of Specialization: Marketing And Value Chain
Course Handled: Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics

Mrs. J.Roselyn, M.Sc. (Ag.)

Assistant Professor (Agricultural Economics)

Area of Specialization: Agricultural production
Course Handled: 1. Principles of Agricultural Economics,
2. Agricultural Finance and Co-Operation

Mrs. G. Shelina Jhansi, MCA

Assistant Professor (Computer Science)

Area of Specialization: Computer Applications
Course Handled: AgroInformatics

Mrs. Ramalakshmi K, M.Sc., M.Phil., B.Ed.

Assistant Professor (Mathematics)

Area of Specialization: Mathematics
Course Handled: 1.Elementary Mathematics
2.Statistical methods

Mr.G.Jeba Singh,M.A,M.P.Ed,M.Phil.

Physical Director

Area of Specialization: Basket Ball,Athletics
Course Handled: 1.Physical Education

Mr. A.Subramanian B.Sc.,M.A.(YHE).

Area of Specialization: Yoga
Course Handled:
1. Simplified Exercises
2. Meditation
3.Kayakalpa practice
4.Personality development
5.Yoga for youth empowerment.

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