The Gandhigram Rural Institute

Academic Council Members

Name and Address of the Member	Position
Dr.S. Natarajan Vice-Chancellor Gandhigram Rural Institute Gandhigram	Chairperson
Dr.M. Saleem Baig Dean Faculty of Tamil, Indian Languages and Rural Arts & Head i/c, Department of Hindi, Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University Gandhigram	Member
Dr.G.Baskaran Dean Faculty of English and Foreign Languages Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.M. Sundaravadivelu Dean Faculty of Rural Oriented Sciences Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University Gandhigram	Member
Dr.B. Subburaj Dean Faculty of Rural Social Sciences Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University Gandhigram	Member
Dr.S. Ganesh Dean Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University Gandhigram	Member
Dr.N. Narayanasamy Dean Faculty of Rural Development Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University Gandhigram	Member
Ms.A. Jansirani Dean Faculty of Rural Health & Sanitation Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University Gandhigram	Member
Heads of the Departments
Dr.V. Rajarathinam Head Department of Tamil Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Shri S. Parthasarathy Head Department of Mathematics Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.P. Subramanian Head Department of Physics Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.M.G. Sethuraman Head Department of Chemistry Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.K.P. Vasantha Devi Head Department of Home Science Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.R.Kumuthakalavalli Head Department of Biology Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.P. Shanmugavadivu Head Department of Computer Science & Applications Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.K. Ravichandran Head Department of Cooperation Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.S. Nehru Head Department of Economics Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.K.S. Nakkeeran Head Department of Political Science and Development Administration Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.R. Mani Head Department of Gandhian Thought and Peace Science Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.L. Rathakrishnan Head Department of Rural Industries and Management Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.P. Anandharajakumar Head Department of Rural Development Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.C. Sivapragasam Head Department of Applied Research Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.L. Raja Head Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.M.P.Boraian Head Department of Extension Education Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University Gandhigram	Member
Professors
Dr.K. Somasundaram Professor, Department of Computer Science & Applications GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.T.T. Renganathan Professor Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry GRI, Gandhigram.	Member
Dr.N.D. Mani Professor Department of Rural Development GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.R. Udhayakumar Professor Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.B. Padmanabha Pillai Professor Department of Tamil GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.M. William Baskaran Professor Department of Gandhian Thought and Peace Science GRI, Gandhigram.	Member
Dr.R. Seerangarajan Professor Department of Rural Industries and Management GRI, Gandhigram.	Member
Dr.G. Muralidharan Professor Department of Physics GRI, Gandhigram.	Member
Dr.A. David Ravindran Professor Department of Biology GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.M. Soundarapandian Professor Department of Rural Industries and Management GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Associate Professors
Shri S. Ravindran Associate Professor Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.S.Ariponnammal Associate Professor Department of Physics GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.G.Dhanasekaran Associate Professor Faculty of Rural Health and Sanitation GRI, Gandhigram.	Member
Assistant Professors
Ms.S. Balasundari Assistant Professor Faculty of English and Foreign Languages GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Ms.N.Suganthi Assistant Professor Faculty of English and Foreign Languages GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Dr.M. Hilaria Soundari Assistant Professor Department of Applied Research GRI, Gandhigram	Member
Members nominated by the Vice-Chancellor
Prof. V. Ramakrishnan Director Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Sreekariyam Kulathoor Road Ambady Nagar Thiruvananthapuram – 695 016	Member
Prof.V. Rhymend Uthariaraj Professor and Director Ramanujan Computing Centre & (Secretary, TN Engineering Admissions Tamil Nadu Government) Anna University Chennai – 600 025	Member
Prof.P. Thirumalvalavan Professor School of Management Bharathiar University Coimbatore – 641 046	Member
Non-Member Secretary
Dr.P. Balasubramaniam Registrar Gandhigram Rural Institute Deemed University Gandhigram	Non-member Secretary