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S.Thangapazham Agricultural College is Established by the Trust ” Thiru K.Subramania Nadar Vadivoo Ammal Eductaional Trust “ Vasudevanallur in the foothills of Western Ghats. The College is approved by Govt. of Tamilnadu and Affiliated to Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. This is the only Agriculture College established in Tenkasi District and its neighboring Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar and Kanayakumari Districts. The College has state of the art infrastructure facilities.
Chairman
Mr. S.THANGAPAZHAM who founded the Trust is a successful entrepreneur. He is running THANGAPAZHAM SUPERMARKET is a successful business unit. He is the Chairman of S. T. Group of Institutions, running three more educational Institutions which are well known for the quality of education in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu.
- S. Thangapazham Polytechnic College, Vasudevanallur.
- S.Thangapazham Matriculation Hr. Sec. School, Subramaniapuram, Vasudevanallur.
- S. Thangapazham Medical College of Naturopathy and Yogic Science Research Centre, Vasudevanallur.
- Mr. S. Thangapazham is pivot in running this educational institution through monitoring and his involvement in its expansion of activities.
- Being the son of the soil, he is committed to improving the well-being of Vasudevanallur by making S. THANGAPAZHAM AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (STAC) popular.
- Being the Secretary of a Committee School for the past ten years, he took efforts to make the Committee School upgraded as an aided school.
- Basically, he is a farmer for four decades and introduced new techniques in the cultivation of lemon, mango, and paddy.
Secretary
Thiru S. T. Murugesan gives great support to his father in establishing the Trust. He was a leader with foresight and integrity. His vision is to give quality education to promote students’ status in this region’s rural areas. He is educating economically backward people of this region to offer them easy access to get higher education and building confidence among them to prove their realm of success. Thiru S. Thangapazham runs the Trust as Chairman and Thiru S. T. Murugesan as Secretary, thereby sharing the commitment to the pursuit of excellence in all deeds as a lifelong endeavor. With this noble vision, responsibility, and prudence, our esteemed Secretary has established and developed the institution “S. Thangapzham Agricultural College (STAC)” (Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore as per the Proc. No. E1/Th. K. S. N./221201/2015 dated 29.09.2015 of the Registrar, TNAU, Coimbatore – 3) within a short period.
Principal
Dr.S.Jeyarajan Nelson is an Entomologist with 36 years of experience in Education, Research and Extension activities in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. He completed his Agricultural Education in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. He worked at Agricultural Research Station, Paramakudi; Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai; Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam; Cotton Research Station, Srivilliputhur; Department of Agricultural Entomology, TNAU, Coimbatore and Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam. He had an opportunity to serve as Professor and Head of Cotton Research Station, Srivilliputhur and Department of Agricultural Entomology, TNAU, Coimbatore He served in All India Coordinated Research Project on tropical fruits, cotton and biological control for 11 years during his service. He has guided 11Ph.D. scholars and 7 PG students. He has published four books and 82 research articles. He has been instrumental in releasing seven technologies at the State level and two technologies at the National level among which two technologies have been commercialized. He has got one patent to his credit.
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History of STAC
Thangapazham Agricultural College (STAC), Vasudevanallur was started in the academic year 2015-16 and is functioning from 07.10.2015 with the sanctioned strength of 60 students to offer B.Sc. (Hons.) (Ag.) degree courses. The College was started in accordance with the G.O. (MS) No.199/2015, dt: 28.09.2015 of the Government of Tamil Nadu (Annexure 1)and was granted affiliation by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore vide TNAU Registrar’s Order No. E1 / Th.K.S.N / 21201 / 2015 dt. 29.09.2015 (Annexture 1).The College is run by the Thiru. K. Subramania Nadar – Vadivoo Ammal Educational Trust, Vasudevanallur.
The location of the College is at Chinthamaniperipudur, Authuvazhi (Post), Vasudevanallur, Sivagiri Taluk, Tenkasi District. The College lies between 9°14’22 North latitude and 77°24’40 East longitude with an altitude of 183 m in Southern Agro Climatic zone of Tamil Nadu. The College is situated on the Madurai – Kollam National Highway (NH 744) and is 1.5km away from Vasudevanallur Bus Stop.
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