Ph.D. Curriculum
| Course no. | Course title | Credit hours |
|---|---|---|
| Major Courses – Minimum 15 credits) | ||
| AMT 601 | Climate change and sustainable development | 2 + 1 |
| AMT 602 | Weather forecasting methods and yield prediction | 2 + 1 |
| AMT 603 | Air pollution meteorology | 1 + 1 |
| AMT 605 | Analytical tools and methods for agrometeorology | 1 + 1 |
| AMT 608 | Agrometeorological Data base management | 1 + 1 |
| AMT 609 | Climate downscaling and regional forecast | 1 + 2 |
| Total (Major courses) | 8 + 7 | |
| Minor Courses – Minimum 9 credits | ||
| AMT 604 | Strategic use of climate information for allied sectors of agriculture | 1 + 0 |
| AMT 606 | Strategic use of climate information for agriculture | 2 + 1 |
| SAC 612 | Application of RS & GIS | 2 + 1 |
| AGR 602 | Crop ecology | 2 + 0 |
| PLP 605 | Climate change and crop growth | 2 + 0 |
| Total (Minor Courses) | 9 | |
| Supporting Courses (Minimum 5 credits) | ||
| MAT 604 | Mathematical modeling in Agricultural Sciences | 1 + 1 |
| PLP 610 | Physiology of Cereals and Millets | 2 + 1 |
| AGR 609 | Stress crop production | 2 + 1 |
| PLP 611 | Advances in Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants | 2 + 1 |
| Total (Supporting Courses) | 5 | |
| Seminar | 0 + 2 | |
| Research | 0 + 45 | |
| Total | 19 + 36 | |
Agrometeorology Students Thesis Research – Ph.D
| S.No | Student Name | Advisory committee | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | B. Arthi Rani
10-605-001 |
Dr. N. Maragatham
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi Dr. Mallika vanangamudi Dr.C.Vijayalakshmi Dr.P.Malarvizhi |
Effect of elevated Temperature on physiology and productivity of Rice |
| 2. | K. Bhuvaneswari
10-605-002 |
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi
Dr.A.Lakshmanan Dr.K.Sathyamoorthi Dr.R.Sivasamy |
Impact of climate change on hydrology of Cauvery basin |
| 3. | S.Kokilavani
10-605-003 |
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi
Dr. N. Maragatham Dr.K.Sathyamoorthi Dr.A.Lakshmanan Dr.K.Mani |
Scientific interventions for formulating weather based crop insurance product using crop simulation model |
| 4. | N.Manikandan, ICAR
10-605-004 |
Dr. J. S. Kennedy
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi Dr.K.Sathyamoorthi Dr.S.Enayathulla Shah |
Development of wewather based forewarning model for major pests of rice |
| 5. | D. Rajalakshmi
10-605-005 |
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi
Dr.N.K.Sathyamoorthy Dr.S.Enayathulla Shah Mr.R.Venkatachalam Dr.R.Jagannathan |
Analysis climate projections uncertainty and its related impact on crop production over Tamil Nadu |
| 6. | Khedikar Shirish Yogaraj
11-605-002 |
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi
Dr.R.Sivasamy Dr.R.Jagadeeswaran Dr.S.Pazhanivelan Dr.M.R.Duraisamy |
Estimation of soil moisture from RADAR remote sensing data (RISAT-1) and correlation with ground based and meteorological observation in weatern agro climatic zone of TN |
| 7. | A.P. Ramaraj
11-605-003 |
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi
Dr.P.Ramasivam Dr.A.Lakshmanan Dr.N.K.Sathyamoorthy |
Integrated assessment of cascading uncertainty in climate and crop models |
| 8. | K.Shoban Chakravarthy
10-607-011 |
Dr.R.Jagannathan
Dr.K.Siddeswaran Dr.S.Vincent Dr.R.K.Kaleeswari |
Calibration of ceres-maize model and investigating impact of climate change on maize yields of Tamil Nadu |
| 9. | N. Jeyapandiyan
11-605-001 |
Dr.A.Lakshmanan
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi Dr.K.S.Subramanian Dr.P.Marimuthu |
Assessing the water productivity and green house gas fluxes from different systems of rice cultivation and designing mitigation measures to minimize global warming potential of rice soil |
| 10. | Ajith. K
2014-801-001 |
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi
Dr.S.Pazhanivelan Dr.S.Panneerselvam Dr.K.P.Ragunath Dr.Ga.Dheebakaran |
Rice yield prediction using satellite based observation, crop simulation models and land based observations |
| 11. | P. Arunkumar
2014-801-002 |
Dr. N. Maragatham
Dr. SP. Ramanathan Dr. P. Jeyakumar Dr. S. Panneerselvam |
Microclimate modification for enhancing the productivity in maize through intercropping and irrigation management |
| 12. | P. Shajeesh Jan
2014-801-003 |
Dr. S.Panneerselvam
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi Dr.K.P.Ragunath Dr.Ga.Dheebakaran |
Rice yield projections in varied climate under projected climate change scenarios |
| 13. | P. Lincy Davis
2014-801-004 |
Dr. S.Panneerselvam
Dr.K.S.Subramanian Dr.Balaji kannan Dr.N.Shoba Dr.H.P.Maheswarapa |
Assessing carbon sequestration potential of coconut plantation in the western zone of TN. |
| 14. | Cuba. P
2015-801-001 |
Dr. S. Panneerselvam
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi Dr.Ga.Dheebakaran Dr.K.P.Ragunath
|
Enhancing drought prediction by integrating near real time vegetative fraction in numerical models |
| 15. | Pradipa. C
2015-801-002 |
Dr. S. Panneerselvam
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi Dr.Ga.Dheebakaran Dr.K.P.Ragunath |
Sustaining pulse production in changing climate over Tamil Nadu. |
| 16. | S.Arul Prasad
2016-801-001 |
Dr. N. Maragatham
Dr. N.K. Prabhakaran Dr. Ga. Dheebakaran Dr. K.P. Ragunath |
Climate Change impact assessment of groundnut under CMIP5 projections using crop simulation models |
| 17. | R.Gowtham
2016-801-002 |
Dr. Panneerselvam
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi Dr. K.S. Subramanian Dr. S. Pazhanivelan |
Climate change and sugarcane productivity over selected cane growing regions of Southern India: Potential impacts and adaptation strategies |
| 18. | N.Kowshika
2016-801-003 |
Dr. Panneerselvam
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi Dr. T. Arumugam Dr. R. Jagadeeswaran |
Climate Change impact assessment of Chilli (Capsicum annum L.) production |
| 19. | N.S. Sudarmaniyan
2016-801-004 |
Dr. S. Pazhanivelan
Dr. S. Panneerselvam Dr. K. Boomiraj Dr. K.P. Ragunath |
Spatial Estimation of Methane emission using Remote Sensing and DNDC model in major Rice growing areas of Tamil Nadu. |
| 20. | M.Venkateswari
2016-801-005 |
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi
Dr. S. Panneerselvam Dr. M.R. Duraisamy Dr. Balajikannan |
Delineation of drought prone regions over Tamil Nadu through agrometeorology and space based observations |
| 21. | V. Guhan
2017-801-001 |
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi
Dr. S. Panneerselvam Dr. A. Lakshmanan Dr. A. Raviraj |
Impact of hydroclimatic variability on water resources and productivity of major crops over Parambkulam – Aliyar project basin |
| 22. | Rajashreekhatua
2017-801-002 |
Dr. S. Panneerselvam
Dr. V. Geethalakshmi Dr. M. Kumar Dr. P. Jeyakumar Dr. N. Sakthivel |
Yield gap assesment of Cotton crop in Tamil Nadu using dynamic crop simulation model |