Coconut Research Station, Aliyarnagar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, situated at Aliyarnagar 20 kms away from Pollachi has its genesis in 1963 as Agricultural Research Station to cater to the research needs of the farming community of Parambikulam Aliyar Command Area.

The station is vested with the regional and national responsibility of crop breeding, crop management and crop protection in groundnut and coconut. The station was renamed as Coconut Research Station during 2002 owing to the growing importance of research activities in coconut due to the expanding area  under coconut cultivation in the Western Zone of Tamil Nadu.

Sanctioned Post Scheme Scheme Name Sanctioned Filled
A2 A26AA CRS-Non-Plan – Main    
Asst.Prof. (Agrl.Ento) Non Plan CRS-Main 1 1
Assoc.Prof. (Agrl.Ento) Non Plan CRS-Main 1
Assoc. Prof. (Pl.Path) Non Plan CRS-Main 1
Asst.Prof. (Agronomy) Non Plan CRS-Main 1 1
Assoc.Prof. (PB & G) Non Plan CRS-Main 1 1
Agrl. Supervisor Non Plan CRS-Main 1 1
Superintendent Non Plan CRS-Main 1 1
Assistant Non Plan CRS-Main 1 1
Assistant (Sec.) Non Plan CRS-Main 1
Asst. Agrl. Officer Non Plan CRS-Main 1 1
Pump Attendant Non Plan CRS-Main 1 1
Sr. Tractor Driver Non Plan CRS-Main 1
Driver Non Plan CRS-Main 2 2
Office Assistant Non Plan CRS-Main 2 2
PUSM [Person oriented] Non Plan CRS-Main 31 31
    Total 47 44
A2 D32 BP – ICAR – AICRP on Groundnut    
Asst. Prof. (Path.) ICAR AICRP- Groundnut 1 1
Technical Asst. ICAR AICRP- Groundnut 1 1
    Total 2 2
A2 D32 BQ – ICAR – AICRP on Palms    
Asst. Prof. (Agrl. Ento) ICAR AICRP-Palms 1 1
Asst. Prof. (Pl.Pathology) ICAR AICRP-Palms 1 1
Asst. Prof. (Agronomy) ICAR AICRP-Palms 1 1
Assoc. Prof. (Agrl. Botany) ICAR AICRP-Palms 1 1
Laboratory Assistant ICAR AICRP-Palms 2 1
Skilled Tree Climber ICAR AICRP-Palms 1 1
    Total 7 6
    Grand total 56 53