K.RASU
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K.RASU
B.Sc,(Agri.)M.A.(SOC) M.A.(ECO) Deputy Director of Agriculture (Rtd)
- krasuddretd@gmail.com
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About me
35 years of Experience in Agriculture, planning, Training, Cultivation of Crops, Handling of plant protection chemicals, Fertilizer, and seeds production. Farm Development, Farming activities, Fodder Development Activities, Irrigation and Afforestation in the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, TamilNadu, India.
TRAINING COURSES:
- Dry Farming Technologies
- Water and irrigation management
- Soil Conservation
- Soil Reclamation
- Pest and disease control management
- Quality control on plant protection chemicals and fertilizers
- Management of horticultural crops horticultural farms and agricultural farms.
- High Tech Agriculture Technologies
- Polyhouse and green house cultivation of horticultural crops.
- Micro irrigation techniques to agriculture and horticultural crops.
- Agroforestry
- Bamboo and Medicinal plants cultivation
- Fodder development in Animal Husbandry Department.
- Quality seed production techniques
- Giant seed production, Unit management for five years.
SPECIALIZATION AREA BASED TRAINING
Paddy, integrated pest management seasonalong training conducted by FAO participated and awarded as “Master Trainer”, in Paddy.
APPRECIATIONS
- Received appreciation from Rural Industries Minister and District Collector in Villupuram District for the development of horticulture department and “Thane” Rehabilitation work.
- Appreciation from district of Horticulture and plantation crops for the achievement of Micro irrigation scheme in the District.
- Production of short film creating awareness among the farming community regarding safe and judicious use of pesticides to minimize the farmers death in the state, it gives more impact to the farming community.
Specific Assignment
- Procurement of Plant Protection
- Chemicals for the benefit of farmers
- Analyzing pest and disease
- Situation in all the districts Quality control of plant protection chemicals
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE (STATE LEVEL)
- License issued to pesticides manufacturing units.
- Analyzing the pest and disease situation in the 31 districts in all crops in the State.
- Procurement of plant protection chemicals for all the schemes implementation in the state.
SOCIAL SERVICE ACTIVITES
- Joined member in Pondicherry Cosmopolitan lions club and involved in many social service activities.
- Joined member in Socio Economic Service Society, Chennai and donate Rs.80, 000/- to the corpus fund for the study of professional graduate student.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HORTICULTURE –DISTRICT LEVEL
- Worked as Deputy Director of Horticulture (District Level)
- Plan preparation of Horticulture crop cultivation aspects of crops for the year
- Monitored the Distribution of Inputs from the Agricultural Depots to the farmers in time
- Being the District Head monitoring and implementation of all horticultural schemes like IHDS, NHM, Bamboo mission etc, to all the 22 blocks in the District.
- Administer more than 100 field staff and administrative staff to implement the scheme property to the farmers.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Agricultural farm management having experience to maintain thousands of Acres in Scientific methods.
- Quality seed production in a high tech manner
- Arranging seed farms and procurement of quality seeds from farmers.
- Agricultural and horticultural Technological information dissemination-to farmer and high tech extension methods.
- Quality control of plant protection chemicals and fertilizers
- As a State Licensing authority license issued to manufacturing to plant protection chemicals, sales permission issued to multinational companies for the plant protection chemicals and biological pesticides.
- Proper pest control made Agricultural and Horticulture crops.
- Fodder development work carried out in Animal Husbandry Department.
- Maintenance of giant seed processing unit for a processing of all agricultural produces such as cereals, pulses and oil seeds etc.
- Laying out of trails and demonstration for adoptability of agricultural crops in area specific and season specific.
- Organizing green houses , polyhouses for high value horticultural crops for export opportunities
- Natural calamities like flood and Drought situation management works are carried out.
- Organizing micro irrigation to all agricultural horticultural crops to mitigate situation.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1982-2007
Director of Agriculture Government of TamilNadu,Chennai.
Agriculture Officer
(Cuddalore Villupuram District)Vandurayan Pattu,iruvelpattu.
2007-2014
Director of Horticulture and Plantation crops Government of TamilNadu, Chennai.
Assistant Director of Horticulture
Deputy Director of Horticulture (in charge) Villupuram District
2014-2018
Director of Agriculture Government of TamilNadu,Chennai-5
Deputy Director of Agriculture
(Plant Protection)state Licensing authority for plant protection chemicals