Dean

About Our Dean

Dr.C.Vanniarajan, is an alumni of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.  He had completed his Undergraduate program during 1987.  His Post graduation is in Plant Breeding & Genetics completed during 1989.  He worked as a Research Associate in ICAR Hybrid Pigeon pea scheme during 1990-91 at TNAU, Coimbatore.  He has joined in the Ph.D. Program during 1991 and completed during 1994.  He is recipient of ICAR Senior fellowship & CSIR Senior fellowship for PhD. Program.  Also he is a recipient of five awards as the best PhD Student at TNAU University level during 1995. He had his Post Doctorate Program at Plant Research International Wageningen, The Netherlands during 2002-2003.

Dr. C. Vanniarajan has qualified in Agricultural Research Service and joined at National Research Centre for Sorghum, Hyderabad during 1995.  He also got permanent position at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University during 1995. He has worked in various campus Killikulam, Coimbatore, Srivilliputhur, Chettinad, Madurai and at now at Trichy as Dean.  He is specialized in Mutation breeding, barnyard millet, Plant Genetic Resources.   Recipient of many best teacher, best researcher, best book, best thesis awards, etc., He has many external funded schemes in DST, UGC, BRNS, TANII etc.  He has guided so far 14 PhD, 18 M.Sc., and one Post Doctorate Fellow.  He has published more than 250 research articles in reputed journals.  He has visited the Netherlands, Japan, USA, and Austria for research purpose.  Currently, he is aiming for all research oriented towards sodic soils.