My College

The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has its beginning with an agricultural school established at saidapet,Madras in 1876. The Agricultural College and Research Institute, coimbatore was the only Institute till 1946, for agricultural education in South India.
Agricultural Education in this college has been re-oriented and strenghtened to meet the future challenges and changing trends of agriculture.To meet these challenges, curriculm, teaching, research, skill development and self help after graduation have been integrated.
The semester pattern of education is being followed since 1991. It lays emphasis on do-how rather than know-how.The syllabus has due weightage on Rural Agricultural Work Experience(RAWE)and extension techniques. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University(TNAU) is one of the most premier Agricultural Institute in Asia.It was also adjudjed as "The Best Agricultural University" among various agricultural universities in India. The student of this university is exposed to various hands on trainings as noted below.

About RAWE Programme

RAWE programme covers the study of rural situation, Village settlement pattern, demography, climate, land utilisation pattern, resources inventory, infrastural facilities,rural institutions, organisations, groups, customs, belifes and value system.
Study of crooping pattern,cropping systems,extent of adoption of latest technologies and constraints.
Understaning social participation, leadership pattern, scientific orientation and role of women and youth in agricultural development.
Practise in the use of extension methods-farm and home visits,demonstrations,group dicussions, meetings,campaign,seminars,exhibition,news stories and radio/video programmes.
Studying the organisation structure, duties and responsibilties of extension personnel,functions and schemes of the various development departments.
Studying of agricultural research station-organisation,function,objectives,research problem identification methods,research schemes,varieties and technologies,extension role and likages with development departments,Non government organisation and farmers.

My contribution in RAWE Programme

I was placed in odathurai village near Gobi area in Erode distict of TamilNadu(India) where I stayed for about three months. In first week of stay I throughly studied about rural situation, settlement pattern, demography, infrastructural facilities,their cropping pattern using Practicipatory Rural Appraisal Techniques(PRA). After collecting required information I have drawn rough map of Odathurai village and analysed for improvements that can be done through this study.
Later I visited individual homes for collecting information using questioner method and analysed their problems,thier customs and beliefs.I learned about various organisational structures and their duties.
I with my collegues explained various activities carried by our university.I finally submitted report on study of village and suggestions for improvement.

Earn While You Learn Programme

Under this programme each student will be alloted about 5-6 cents of land for cultivation.In that land we individually rise crops; one wetland crop and one garden land crop.I have sown the seeds after calculating the seed rate for 5 cents.I applied manure at the critical cropping periods and after getting suggestions from our entmology Professors I applied pesticides to the crops.
I have rasied paddy as wetland crop and sunflower as gardenland crop.

Commerical Agriculture

The various commerical agriculture courses offered as specialisations are: Commercial Production of spawn and mushroom, seed production, production of biocontrol agents, nursery technology, broiler production.
I selected a Commercial on the Production of Spawn and Mushroom because of my special interest on mushroom.I selected this because mushrooms are globally demand food and has potential for starting a production unit. I practised preparation of mother spawn production and preparation of various types of beds for mushrooms like oyster mushroom, milky mushroom, paddystraw mushroom and ganoderma mushroom.

Agro-Industrial Tie-Up Programme(AITP)

In this programme students have to work for a period 15 days and will learn about process, products produced, method of packing, disposal, financial requirement and source of finance and returns of enterprise.

All India study Tour

The students will visit various National and International level Institutions related to Agriculture and allied fields in various regions of our country. They will gain first hand knowledge about different agroclimatic zones, crops grown, cultivation practices etc.The duration of tour will be 15 days.

Short Tour

The students will visit different agroclimatic zones of TamilNadu state(India) to study cropping pattern and cultivation of major crops in each zone.

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