Associate Professor
Department of Oilseeds,
Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics,
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore-641003, India
Telephone: 91-422-2450812 (office)
TeleFax: 91-422-6611415
Email: [email protected]
Acheivements
VBNGg 2 Greengram (2000)
VBNBg 3 Blackgram (2001)
COGn 4 Groundnut (2001)
COGn 5 Groundnut (2002)
VBNBg 4 Blackgram (2003)
COSF1A High O/L line(2004)
TMV(Gn) 13 Groundnut(2006)
CO(SFV) 5 Sunflower (2006)
Education
B.Sc. Agriculture (1989) AC&RI, Killikulam, TNAU
M.Sc. Plant Breeding & Genetics (1991) Annamalai University
Ph.D Agrl. Botany (1999) Annamalai University
Diploma in Computer programming and its application (2000) Annamalai University
Specialization
Pulses and Oilseeds Breeding
Teaching
Breeding for Grain legumes and Oilseeds [for M.Sc.(Ag.)]
Quantitative and Biometrical Genetics
Breeding Field crops [for B.Sc.(Ag.)]
Special Skill
Computer Programming for plant breeding designs
Current Research Area
Oilseeds breeding (Sunflower, Groundnut and Sesame)
Collaborating Institute/Organization
New Mexico State University (USA)
All India Coordinated Research Programme on Sunflower (ICAR)
Recognitions
SRF from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi for Ph.D. programme
Two gold medals during M.Sc.(Ag.) programme
Publications:
Research articles:
National : 52 International : 11
Symposium articles: National : 16 International : 5
Popular : 1
Booklets : 3