Dr. K. Vanangamudi

Dr. K. VANANGAMUDI
Formerly Dean (Agriculture), Agricultural College & Research Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore; 
Dean, Adhiparashakthi Agricultural College, Kalavai; and Professor & Head, Seed Science & Technology

 

Dr. K. Vanangamudi, Former Dean (Agriculture) graduated B.Sc., (Ag.) in 1975 from Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore; M.Sc., (Ag.) and Ph.D. in Seed Science and Technology, respectively in 1977 and 1981 from TNAU; and Post Doctoral Fellow (1988-1990) at Mississippi State University, USA. 

He joined Department of Seed Science and Technology, TNAU as Assistant Professor in 1982 and served the University for 32 years as Associate Professor (1986-1988) at Agricultural Research Station, Bhavanisagar; Professor (1992-2001) at Forest College & Research Institute, Mettupalayam; Professor and Head (2001-2003) of Department of Seed Science and Technology; Dean, Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College (2003-2006), Kalavai; and Dean (Agriculture), Agricultural College and Research Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore (2006-2009). He retired from service on August 31, 2013 

He has undergone Post Doctoral Programme in Tree Seed Technology at Mississippi State University, USA from 1988-1990 and visited USA, Japan and Canada in connection with Forestry education and research under USAID-Winrock International program. He underwent training on e-learning and web based teaching at UC, Davis, California and Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA during 2017.
Dr. Vanangamudi's significant contributions in Agricultural Education are 

•    Started B.Tech (Bioinformatics), B. Tech (Agricultural Information Technology) and BS (Agribusiness Management) degrees at AC&RI, Coimbatore, 
•    Started B.Sc (Horti.) degree at Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College 
•    He introduced e-education and online examination 
•    Under NAIP project on “Development of e-courses for B.Sc., (Ag) degree program as Co.PI, he developed e-learning materials for all
the 50 courses and hosted in TNAU and ICAR websites 
•    Video streaming of lecture presentation by the teachers in the classroom (video filming, editing and publishing).
•    Prepared course materials for 90 courses for Industrial Training Institute (ITI) program in Agriculture, Horticulture, Agricultural

Engineering, Animal husbandry, Poultry, Food processing under “Modular Employment Skills” and “Centre of Excellence” funded by National Instructional Media Institute, Ministry of Labour & Employment, GOI, Chennai, for the students and instructors of ITI all over India.


As a researcher, he was the Principal Investigator of 11 research projects funded by ICAR-NIAP, ICAR-World bank, ICFRE-World bank, Tamil Nadu Forest department, Ministry of Labour and Employment (GOI), CIDA-Gulpeh, Canada and Private agencies.

Dr. Vanangamudi has published 2 review papers, 35    research papers in International journals, 112 research papers in National journals, 29 popular articles in English and 53 in Tamil. He has written 46 books in English and 10 in Tamil. He has also written 11 technical bulletins in English and 29 in Tamil.

His recent books are 
•    Handbook of Agricultural Sciences Vol 1 & 2.
•    Objective Seed Science and Technology – 2nd Edition, Revised & Enlarged
•    MCQ’s in Plant Breeding, Biotechnology & Seed Science
•    Model test paper of Seed Science and Technology
•    Seed Science and Technology: 2nd Enlarged and Fully Revised Edition
•    Competitive Seed Science and Technology
•    Competitive Agriculture 
Books in press and will  be published in 2022
•    MCQ’s in Horticulture
•    Handbook of Horticultural Sciences Vol 1 & 2

In recognition of his contribution in Agricultural Education, Research and Extension, he was awarded with 

•    Best PG teacher award in 1998 by TNAU
•    Best scientist award in 1999 by TNAU
•    Best PG Teacher award 2000 by Madras Agricultural Students Union (MASU), Coimbatore
•    Best Seed Scientist award in 2003 by Hisar Agricultural University (HAU), Hisar
•    Tamil Nadu Scientist award in 2006 by Tamil Nadu Council for Science and Technology (TNCST), Chennai
•    Best Research Paper award in 2005 by Indian Society of Seed Technology (ISST), New Delhi
•    Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramaniam Best Teacher award in 2006 by Indian Council of Agriculture Research  (ICAR), New Delhi.

He is a recognized guide of Bharathiar University, Coimbatore; Bharathidasan University, Trichy and Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. He was a Research and Technical Consultant to Little's Orientals Balm and Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Chennai for seed priming, seed film coating and setting up of Seed Research Lab; to a farmer for 200 acres of farm land development; to a EU-KKID-Peace trust project for end term evaluation; and to a Kerala Forest Department project (World Bank) for developing training course syllabi and establishment of seed processing and testing units. He served as Senior Advisor and Consultant to Dr Mohan’s Health care Products Ltd., Chennai.