Dr. (Prof.) Vanangamudi K

Dr. K. Vanangamudi former Dean (Agriculture), is now working as a Professor of Seed Science and Technology. He was the Co-Principal Investigator of the ICAR NAIP scheme on Development of e-course materials for B.Sc.,(Ag) Degree programme. He is the Principal Investigator of GOI-NIMI schemes on Development of Instructional materials for ITI students in Agriculture sector and Development of Instructional materials for COE both BBBT and advance modules. He was the former Dean (Agriculture), Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore from March 2006 to July 2009, former Dean of AP Agricultural College, TNAU, Kalavai, Vellore district from September 2003 to February, 2006 and former Professor and Head of Dept. of Seed Science & Technology, TNAU, Coimbatore -3 from March 2001 to August 2003.

During his tenure as Dean (Agri) he started three new UG degree progarmmes namely B.Tech (Bioinformatics) in 2006-07, B.Tech (Agricultural Information Technology) in 2007-08 and BS (AgriBusiness Management) in 2007-08.

As a faculty Dean of TNAU, Dr. Vanangamudi is having a rich experience in e-education. Introduced e-learning, e-teaching, e-class, e-registration, e-attendance, e-communication, e-assignment, online examination and e‑evaluation in UG education of TNAU. This is implemented for 12 UG degrees being offered at 10 constituent and 4 affiliated colleges.

He established e-learning lab, e-class room, e-examination hall and WiFi connectivity in the boys and girls hostels of all the colleges of TNAU. Owning of laptop is the mandatory for all UG students.

He encouraged the teachers to develop webnotes and hosted in the TNAU website. He also introduced interactive method of teaching, off class mode of teaching, videoconferencing and video streaming. The teachers lecture presentations in the class room are video captured, edited and hosted in TNAU website. He introduced many new courses including Nanotechnology in UG degrees. He is trained in e-learning and web based teaching at University of California, Davis and Cornell University, USA.