Dr. A.Vivekanandhini,
HOD,
Department of Agriculture Engineering.
Dr. A.Vivekanandhini, M.Sc. (Agri), Ph.D. working as an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Agriculture Engineering, Paavai Engineering College, Paachal, Namakkal, Tamilnadu. She completed B.Sc. Agriculture in the year 2012 from Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College, Vellore (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University). She did her UG research work on “Impact of tannery effluent on the germination of selected plants”. She completed M.Sc. (Agri) in the field of Agronomy and conducted her research on “Studies on source-sink relationship in hybrid maize (Zeamays.L.)” during 2014 at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. In the year 2018, she had been awarded the Doctoral degree with specialization in Rice and cropping system under faculty of Agronomy by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. Her Ph.D. research work on “Comparative performance of different crop establishment methods in Rice-Rice-Blackgram cropping system” at Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute, Aduthurai, Thanjavur. This research work was conducted for the benefit of the delta farmers to select the Rice based cropping system based on the availability of water by Cauvery river in their area. She has published six research articles and presented papers in conference and symposium. She has also published five patent ideas related to Agricultural Engineering. She acted as the mentor for students projects and received various grants from various organizations like MSME 2.0 for solar Insect trapper, Yukthi for Adjustable Drum Seeder and Naan Mudhalvan “Niral Thiruvizha” for Spinach Harvesting Machine. She is acting as Head of “Paavai Velan Mandram” and also guided projects for B.E. Agri students in Indo-Taiwan project. She also Acting as project co-ordinator for final year students.
