The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) had its genesis from establishment of an Agricultural School at Saidapet, Madras, Tamil Nadu, as early as 1868 and it was later relocated at Coimbatore.
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Consultancy services
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has a well established research system which leads to development of many technologies for crop, soil, water, pest and diseases, machineries and agricultural inputs. The University has multi specialized scientists with adequate experience in research and extension activities. Scientists need to have business orientation so as to develop innovative products to meet the market requirements. In this regard, as a support service for technology development and adoption in agriculture, ABD – TNAU identifies farm innovations and helps the innovators in development and standardization of products, field testing and commercialization and capacity building with regard to technologies and managerial aspects for establishing agribusiness. The Directorate of Agri Business Development (DABD) enables short term technical consultancy for prototype development, preparation of detailed project proposal and market research etc., for private and governments agencies. For providing consultancy services, the guidelines / norms have been developed by this Directorate with the approval of the University.
Under consultancy programme, the faculty members of TNAU provide knowledge and professional services in all agricultural related aspects to industry and other organizations. A consultancy project is one where faculty members of TNAU provide knowledge and intellectual inputs (within India and abroad), primarily for their purposes and or professional services in terms of scientific, technical, engineering or other agricultural related aspects based on expert on knowledge and skill to industry or other organizations (within India and abroad), primarily for the purposes of the clients.
Consultancy services are rendered on the following
i) Preparation of literature / survey / feasibility studies / state of art project proposal / forecasting / evaluation reports.
ii) Interpretation of test results and data, advising on risks and hazards or similar skilled advice.
iii) Advisory tasks in preparation, evaluation and implementation of a project.
iv) Advisory tasks in design engineering related to agriculture and allied sciences.
v) As Assistance in management of biotic and a biotic stress issues and other problems.
vi) Tech Technical advice in the form of one time assistance to help in trouble shooting or problem solving, including pilot plant / upscaling trials for technology validation and commercialization in agricultural and horticultural sectors.
So far 13 consultancy services worth Rs. 69.92 lakhs were provided through this Directorate.
Consultancy Services Offered by this Directorate
S.No | Name of the Scientist | To whom Consultancy Offered | Title of the Project |
1 | Dr.S.Mohan | M/s. Jayanthi India Products Limited, Kinathukadavu, Coimbatore | Post management of spice storage |
2 | Dr.S.Senthilnathan | Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines | Climate adaptation through sub-basin development (Cauvery delta region): National climate change specialist |
3 | Dr.Ga.Dheebakaran | TAWDEVA (Tamil Nadu Water Shed Development Agency), Chennai | Climate analysis |
4 | Dr.R.Jeganathan, | Directorate of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration | Establishment of Andaman Nicobar Agricultural Weather Network and Agro Advisory Service. |
5 | Dr.S.Nakkeeran | M/s. Swiss Contact, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Commercial production of Trichoderma |
6 | Principal Investigator Dr.A.Raviraj
Co-Principal Investigator Dr.B.J.Pandian | World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature – India in collaboration with ITC | Vegetation modeling for developing water security plan in upper Bhavani basin |
7 | Dr.Ga.Dheebakaran |
| Climate cell establishment and weather based agro advisory modules development |
8 | Principal Investigator Dr.A.Raviraj
Co-Principal Investigators Dr.B.J.Pandian Dr.Balajikannan, | M/s. ITC Limited, Kolkata | Sustainable agricultural development with emphasis on water demand management in Bhavani river basin |
9 | Director, ABD, TNAU, Coimbatore | M/s. Farmgate India, Chennai | Sustainable agricultural development withemphasis on water demand management in Bhavani river basin |
10 | Team Leader
Dr.S. Moghana Lavanya Dr.A.Rohini
Dr.S.Hemalatha
| State Development Policy Council, Chennai | Economic Impact of poultry development scheme on the Livelihood enhancement of the beneficiaries and promotion in entrepreneurship in rural areas in Tamil Nadu |
11 | Team Leader
| Project Director, IFAD Assisted PTSLP, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. | Consultancy project on impact evaluation of joint liability groups, patient capital assistance and BDCs in six coastal districts of Tamil Nadu |
12 | Team Leader Dr.S.Varadha Raj
Team Member Dr.A.Balasubramanian, Professor and Head, FC & RI, Mettupalayam | The Srinivasan Service Trust (SST), Social Arm of TVS, Jawadhu hills, Jamunamarathur, Thiruvannamalai | Impact assessment of WADI-I project in Jawadhu hills’, Thiruvanamalai |
13 | Dr. V. Geethalakshmi, Director, Directorate of Crop Management, TNAU | Dr. B. Krishnaraj Foundation, Coimbatore | Increasing accuracy of paddy yield prediction in the cauvery river basin, using spatial methodologies through machine learning, data integration and automation |
14 | Principal Investigator Dr.A.Raviraj, Professor & Head (IDE)
Co-Principal Investigators Dr.M.Manikandan, Assistant Professor (SWCE)
Dr. M.Angaleeswari, Teaching Assistant | ITC Ltd., PSPD, Coimbatore | Land reclamation study at the water-logged and salt affected areas in upper Bhavani river |
15 | Principal Investigator Dr.V.Ravikumar, Professor, WTC
Co-Principal Investigators
Dr.S.Panneer Selvam, Director, WTC
Dr.G.Thiyagarajan, Assistant Professor, WTC, TNAU, Coimbatore | ITC Limited, Kolkata. | Water efficient techniques and practices in major crops identified in the upper Bhavani river basin |
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