Education

TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

• Education • Research• Extension

Three mandates…..

Offering B.Sc in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, B.E (Agrl. Engineering)And B.Tech courses in various disciplines

I. e – Agricultural Education

e-learning resources for B.Sc. (Agriculture) under the ICAR-NAIP scheme

Video streaming of lectures by Under Graduate teachers was taken up

Online examination system

e- Class room

Provided with notebook computers, Mac desktop, LCD presenter, public address system and Internet facilities.

i. e – learning

TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING

e-Learning Lab – CBE & MDU Video camera & editing software - all campuses Examination Hall – All academic campuses

UPS, Plug point & WiFi connectivity in examination hall – all campusesLibrary

Online journalsBarcoding in library

Students Notebook

e-LEARNINGOpen courseware materials• 797 courses of 12 degrees in TNAU website since 2003 B.Sc. (Agriculture)

Coimbatore 104 coursesMadurai 88 coursesKillikulam 57 coursesTrichy 68 courses

B.Sc. (Horticulture) 82 courses B.Sc. (Home Science) 46 courses B.Sc. (Forestry) 73 coursesB.Tech. (Horticulture) 86 courses B.Tech. (FPE) 66 courses B.Tech. (EEE) 72 courses B.Tech. (Agrl. Engg.) 55 courses

NAIP scheme on

“Development of e-course materials for B.Sc. (Ag.) degree program”

Jan 2008 to Dec 2009 Preparation of open courseware

Updating of web notesVideo streaming

Hosting in National Server / Central server Training the teachers

Video streaming of teacher’s lecture presentation

• Teachers lecture presentation of all science UG programmes• Continue for all semesters • Captured lectures converted in to digital form after synchronizing with power point presentation

• Hosted in http://mms.tnau.ac.in

TAU103 - English for Speaking and Writing Skills

TAU102 - Basic Electronics and Instrumentation Technology

PBG101 - Agricultural Botany, Genetics and Cytogenetics

CRP101 - Crop Physiology

BIC101 - Biochemistry

AMP101 - Livestock and Poultry Production Technology

AGR102 - Agronomy of Crops

ii. On line examination

Online Examination for Mid-Semester

• TNAU conducted mid semester examination online in all campuses from April 2 , 2008.

II. e - Research

•Network connectivity has provided to all the Zonal Research Centres

•Digitalized university library for retrieving the literatures and research abstracts

•Paperless communication in TNAU

•Network using ICAR – ARIS scheme

III. e – Agricultural Extension

1. e-connectivity to 60 TNAU centres with broad band connectivity, multimedia and video conferencing facility & linking 385 blocks and 30 districts

2. The Exclusive TNAU AGRITECH Outreach Portal to act as Hub center is being developed with well-structured facilities

3. Location Specific and need based contents are being generated and loaded in the TNAU AGRITECH Portal

4. TNAU AGRITECH Portal will give content to Agriculture Department Hub centres and Other Line Departments

BLOCK 385 NO.AGRI OFFICES

Agri Clinics

Agro Industries & Export Houses

TNAU AGRI TECH PORTAL

i. E-Connectivity under e-extension project

TNAU Agritech Portal for e-Agriculture Extension Service in TN

ii. Dynamic Market Inforamtion for Agri-Horti Produces throughWeb and Mobile

The market analyst from different markets collect their market price reports on daily basis and with the help of experts at SAMETI, TNAU the details are updated online immediately.

Every day before 2pm the price details will be available in www.indg.in/india/market_inforamtion both in Tamil and English.

Dynamic market information can be accessed through www.tnau.ac.in website also.

Daily retail and wholesale prices for

Market profile of the 13 markets with updated photographs

Address of the farmers associations, federations, regulated markets, MSP, best practices

Access to market data of previous days/weeks/months & can be used for

Services in DMI

S.No Name of Commodity No. of Produces1 Vegetables 622 Fruits 353 Flowers 324 Spices 155 Plantation Crops 9

Total 153

DMI through mobile as SMS

DMI through mobile

One commodity and two markets information

Free of cost to farmers

iii. DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERT SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE AND

ANIMAL ENTERPRISES

What is an Expert System?

An Expert System (ES), also called a Knowledge Based System (KBS), is a computer program designed to simulate the problem-solving behavior of an expert in a narrow do main or discipline.

EXPERT SYSTEM=KNOWLEDGE BASE + EXPERT SYSTEM SHELL (Control &Inference +User Interface).

Expert System in Agriculture

Paddy, Sugarcane, Coconut, Ragi and Precision Farming in Banana

Expert System in Animal Husbandry

Pest Diseases in Goat, Cows, Poultry and Sheep

Knowledge Base is being developed for the above components and Expert System template is also being initiated.

Will be developed in Tamil, Kanada and Malayalam languages

iv. Mobilizing Mass Media for sharing Agro information – NAIP - ICAR

S.N Activity Milestones 2009 2010 2011

01. Dissemination of Innovative Technologies in Print Media

02. Video Films on Success Stories of Agricultural Technologies

03. Audio Capsules on Agriculture Technologies

04. Harnessing the Strength of NAIP supported project on ICT

05. Strengthening of Media Relations

06. ICAR Window - Showcasing of Agricultural Technologies

07. Human Resource Development for Creative Writing in Agriculture

08. Impact Assessment

v. Multimedia Module on Farm Technology

Multi Media Interactive CDs

are being developed and circulated to all the KVKs

vi. m-Velanmai (Mobile) based agro Advisory Service for connecting last mile

AEC – Block level PC

Mobile Unlimited Reach

AEC / FarmerFuture Possibilities

•Animal Husbandry•Fisheries•Rural Development•Health•Social Welfare•PWD•Food & PDS•All Departments of State

E-Extension Service

E-Governance

Bye pass through

TCS Technology

TextVoiceImage

Will be launched soon in collaboration with TCS

Mobile – Velanmai Service

e- agri service • Instant Advisory to farmers through Mobile• Weather forecast• Pest & Disease warning & surveillance• Soil Health advisory• Market information• Announcement (Need based)

e-Governance

• Informing Schemes & Projects• Input alert• Training alert• Govt Policy alert• Data base management

vi. Community Radio Station

Community Radio Station has been sanctioned to TNAU by the Ministry of Inforamtion & Broadcasting and World Media Foundation with objective to share the local agriculture information among local people through local language. It will cover 15 KM radius from TNAU hub centre.

Nearly 300 hrs need based programme has been produced through people participation and scientists involvement

Planning to use this station for agri-education, research highlights sharing and extension activities and many more purposes…..

It will be lauched very soon

vii. Domestic and Export Market Intelligence vii. Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC)- Cell (DEMIC)-

www.tnagmark.tn.nic.inwww.tnagmark.tn.nic.inObjectives of DEMIC

to disseminate timely, comprehensive, current and future price intelligence on agricultural commodities for better scientific decision making by farming community, traders, firms and researchers and suggest policies to the government