Faculty
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. P. Parthipan
VeterinarianArea of Specialization: Poultry Science
Course Handled: Livestock and Poultry Management
Department of Crop Management
Dr. S. Nalliah Durairaj Ph.D.
Professor in AgronomyArea 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 AgronomyArea 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. Iyarin Thanka Mahil E, Ph.D. with ASRB-NET
Assistant Professor (Agronomy)Area of Specialization: Weed management
Course Handled: 1. Crop Production Technology - I (Kharif crops), II(Rabi crops),
2. Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture,
3. Practical Crop Production - I (Kharif crops), II (Rabi crops),
4. Project Report Preparation, presentation and Evaluation,
5. Introduction to Forestry
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
Ms. S. Fizza, M.Sc.(Ag.).
Assistant Professor (Agronomy)Area of Specialization: Agronomy (Weed Management)
Course Handled: 1. Fundamentals of Agronomy,
2. Principles of Organic Farming
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 Organic Farming
Course Handled: 1. Problematic Soils and their management,
2. Environmental Pollution and management
Mr. Senthil Kumar A, M.Sc. (Ag.) with ASRB - NET
Assistant Professor – Soil Science & Agricultural ChemistryArea of Specialization: Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition
Course Handled: Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry
Mr.Vinothraj. J, M.Sc.(Ag.)
Assistant Professor(Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry)Area of Specialization: Soil Science & Agricultural chemistry
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 HorticultureArea 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
Mr. K. Ramkumar M.Sc. Horticulture
Assistant Professor (Horticulture)Area of Specialization: Vegetable Science
Course Handled: 1. Fundamentals of Horticulture,
2. Production technology for Fruit and Plantation crops,
3. Production technology of Vegetables and Spices
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
Mr. M. Vetrivel, M.Sc. (Ag.) with ASRB - NET
Assistant professor (Crop Physiology)Area of Specialization: Nutrition Physiology
Course Handled: Fundamentals of Crop Physiology
Dr. V. Sendrayaperumal M.Sc., Ph.D.,Biochemistry
Assistant professor (Biochemistry)Area of Specialization: Plant Biochemistry, Plant hormones, Plant secondary metabolites
Course Handled: Allied health sciences, Nursing and Medical sciences
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
Department of Crop Improvement
Dr. S. Jebaraj M.Sc., Ph.D
Professor in Plant breeding and geneticsArea 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. Saket Chandra
Assistant Professor (Plant Biotechnology)Area of Specialization: Genomics and Molecular Biology
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
Mr. C. Aswin, M.Sc. (Ag.) with ASRB – NET
Assistant Professor (Seed Science & Technology)Area of Specialization: Seed quality enhancement
Course Handled: SST
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. Amutha C, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)Area of Specialization: Seaweed Liquid Fertilizer, Integrated Disease Management, Fungicides, Biopesticides and molecular work
Course Handled: 1.Diseases of horticultural crops
2.Plant protection
3.Commercial production of Biocontrol agents
Dr. R. Saravanan, Ph.D. with ASRB – NET
Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)Area of Specialization: Mycology
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
Department of Social Science
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. R. Balasubramanian Ph.D.,Agrl.Economics, Post Doctoral Fellow (USA)
Assistant Professor(Agricultural Economics)Area of Specialization: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
Course Handled: Fundamentals of Agricultural 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. 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 DirectorArea 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.
