Coimbatore as its headquarters. The first vice chancellor Dr.G.Rengasamy was from ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY which was having Faculty of Agriculture from 1958 onwards teaching agriculture and horticulture. 1972: A separate Faculty of Horticulture was established and a degree program in Horticulture - B.Sc. (Hort.) was introduced. The College of Agricultural Engineering was established at Coimbatore and a bachelor's degree program in Agricultural Engineering - B.E.(Ag) was introduced. 1973: Doctoral program was introduced in Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore. 1975: Faculty of Post Graduate Education was established in TNAU, Coimbatore and master's and doctoral (1978) programs were started in Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology. 1976: The Madras Veterinary College became constituent unit of TNAU and B.V.Sc. degree program was suitably restructured*. 1977: Bachelor's degree (B.F.Sc.) program in Fisheries Science at Thoothukudi was started*. Masters and doctoral program in Agricultural Engineering was introduced. 1980: Bachelor's degree (B.Sc. (H.Sc.)) in Home Science was launched in Madurai Campus. 1981: Master's program was introduced in Home Science College & Research Institute, Madurai and doctoral program in 1988. 1989: Doctoral program in Agriculture was introduced in Agricultural college & Research Institute, Madurai; Masters program introduced in Forest College & Research Institute, Mettupalayam and Horticultural College & Research Institute, Periyakulam. 1990: Master's program in Agriculture was introduced in Agricultural College & Research Institute, Killikulam, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu and Doctoral program in Forest College & Research Institute, Mettupalayam. 1998: B.Tech. (Food Process Engineering) introduced as self-supporting program. 2002: B.Tech. (Horticulture) and B.Tech. (Agriculture Biotechnology) introduced as self-supporting programs. 2004: B.Tech. (Energy and Environmental Engineering) introduced as a self-supporting program. 2005: Centennial celebrations of AC&RI, Coimbatore. 2006: B.Tech. (Bioinformatics) introduced as a self-supporting program. 2007: B.Tech. (Agricultural Information Technology) and B.S.(Agribusiness Management) introduced as a self-supporting programs. Nanotechnology introduced in undergraduate curriculum. 2008: Dual Degree Masters Program with Cornell University, Ithaca, USA introduced. Dual degree option with Dalhousie University, Canada established for undergraduate program in B.Tech.(Environmental Landscape Horticulture) 2011: B.Sc. (Sericulture) introduced. M.Tech. (Ag.) in Nanotechnology introduced and M.Tech. in Environmental Engineering introduced. 2012: Masters program introduced in Plant Genetic Resource and Remote Sensing. 2017: Ph.D. (Agri) in Nano Science and Technology introduced. Notable alumni M. S. Swaminathan, Father of Green revolution in India C. Sylendra Babu IPS, DGP and Head of Police Force, Tamil Nadu Police K. Ramasamy M. S. Swaminathan C. Sylendra Babu Thenkachi Ko. Swaminathan K. C. Palanisamy M. Mahadevappa G. Dhinakar Raj In popular culture