Agricultural College and Research Institute, Vazhavachanur, Tiruvannamalai

Agricultural College and Research Institute, Vazhavachanur, Tiruvannamalai [AC&RI, Vazhavachanur – Thiruvannamalai]

Agricultural College and Research Institute (AC & RI), Vazhavachanur, Thiruvannamalai district is a new constituent college of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. It was started and functioning since 2014. It is located on Thiruvannamalai to Kallakuruchi State Highways at 22 km South of Thiruvannamalai town.

This residential campus is offering four years B.Sc., Agriculture /B.Sc., (Hons) Agriculture degree programme, with an allotted strength of 80 students per Batch. An area of 110 acres from the state seed farm Vazhavachanur has been allotted to this new college, which includes wet land and garden land ecosystems with bore well irrigation facility and canal irrigation system. Thenpennai river running south of the location is the main source of water for the irrigated crops.

This college is catering the three mandates of the university viz., education, research and extension activities. This college is equipped with all essential laboratories for under graduate degree programme viz., Soil Science, Agricultural Entomology, Plant Pathology, Agricultural Microbiology, Agronomy, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Crop Physiology, Seed Science and Technology, Environmental Science and Agricultural Engineering. Audio-visual lab, language lab and Computer lab with Wi-Fi facility is available in the campus.

UG Course Programmes

• B.Sc (Agriculture)
• B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture

Educational Qualifications – Academic Stream

Candidates should have passed ALL the subjects in Academic stream of the Qualifying Examination with 10+2 years of schooling under Board of Higher Secondary Education of Government of Tamil Nadu / Central Board of Secondary Education / Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations / other State
Government Boards / other International Boards that are recognized as eligible (based on the subject eligibility).

Age Limit

Candidates should not have completed the age of 21 years on the first day of July of the admission year (i.e. as of 01.07.2024). However, for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Caste -Arunthathiyars (SCA), and Scheduled Tribes (ST) there is NO AGE LIMIT. Five years of age relaxation will be given for differently abled candidates.

Nativity

Candidates of Tamil Nadu Nativity only will be considered for general counseling. However, candidates who have studied 10th, 11th & 12th Standards in Tamil Nadu will be considered for admission, on producing proof of having studied 10th , 11th & 12th Standards in Schools located in Tamil Nadu.

Mode of Selection

The candidates have to fill in their choice of degree program and college at the time of online application filling based on which admission will be allotted.

ONLINE COUNSELING

Selection process for general reservation candidates is done only through online counseling.

During online counseling, the candidates will be allotted the Degree and College, based on their rank, community, and choice preferences made by them at the time of application filling, as per the procedure.

OFFLINE COUNSELING

Offline counseling will be conducted for Special reservations (Differently abled, Eminent Sportspersons, and Ex-servicemen), NRI, and Industrial Sponsorship quota. Offline Counseling for Differently abled, Eminent Sportspersons and Ex-servicemen will be conducted ahead of general counseling. Counseling for NRI and Industrial Quota will be conducted after one or two phases of general counseling.

State Government School Quota

Seven and a half percent (7.5%) of seats on a “preferential basis” are reserved for students from State government schools in admission to all undergraduate courses both in constituent and affiliated colleges of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. These students (academic and vocational stream) should have continuously studied from Class 6 to 12 in the State Government Schools of Tamil Nadu.

College Facilities

Libraray

The college library is equipped with number of text and reference books (Print), e-books, e-journals and e-databases. Separate hostels are available for boys and girls, constructed thro’ NABARD funding. The infrastructural facilities for physical education namely stadium, 200 metre track, and Cricket pitch, Courts for Volley ball, Basketball, Kabaddi, Kho-kho, Badminton and Ball Badminton, ground for Football and Indoor games like Gymnasium, Chess, Carom and Yoga hall were created.

Students Hostel Details