Founder
C.V of Prof.Dr.Er.S.KAMARAJ, ex. Professor & Head, Department of Bio-energy, Tamilnadu Agricultural University and presently Director, International Institute of Renewable Energy,
NERD Society, Vadavalli, Coimbatore-641 041.
- 36 years of dedicated service in Tamilnadu Agricultural University (TNAU).
- 20 years of service in Professor Cadre itself.
- * Agricultural Engineering Gadgets released through TNAU.
- 30 Schemes obtained for TNAU for the financial outlay of Rs. 24.42 crores.
- 7 Awards/Medals including Gold Medals obtained.
- Four thesis got University/National Awards.
- 11 M.Tech students guided.
- 10 PhD scholars guided.
- 15 books written.
- Published articles in 15 international/national journals.
- Published more than 170 popular articles.
- Attended 21 training including oversees training programmes.
- Conducted 1,289 training programmes for various stake holders.
- 39,553 farmers trained.
- 2,363 Govt./NGO staff trained.
- 393 unemployed youth trained and self employed.
- Served as Under-graduate co-ordinator for 9 years.
- Served as Post-graduate co-ordinator for 26 years.
- Twenty courses were offered for Under-graduate, post-graduate and PhD scholars.
- National Service Scheme Co-ordinator for 4 years.
- Social Service League Co-ordinator for 4 years.
- Staff Associate for 5 years.
- Modernization of Agricultural University farms were undertaken for Rs. 8.00 crore.
- Corpus Fund created for Rs. 68.78 lakhs to help poor students.
- Member in 11 Expert Committees of Central and State Governments.
- New Course started as B.Tech in Energy and Environment Engineering.
- Earn while learning programme launched for under-graduate students.
- Served as Co-ordinator of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India sponsored Biogas Training Centre.
- Member in Board of Studies of Agricultural Engineering.
- Member in Academic Council of Tamilnadu Agricultural University.
- Member in Board of Studies of Madurai Kamaraj University.
- Member in Board of Studies of Gandhigram Rural University.
- Served as Biogas Expert in Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of UN
- Deputed to Syria as ITEC Expert from India and visited more than 15 countries.
