The departments of the college are

• Agricultural Processing
• Farm Power and Machinery
• Bio Energy
• Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
• Zonal Research Centre
• Physical Sciences and Information Technology
• Post Harvest Technology Center

This department has following facility

 The major areas of research activities are

• Design and development of processing equipments
• Processing and preservation of fruits and vegetables
• Packaging technology - vacuum, modified and controlled atmosphere
• Membrane concentration technology
• Extrusion cooking and food product development
• Extraction of oleoresins and essential oils
• Utilization of agricultural wastes and byproducts

This department has well developed laboratories like

• Fuel cell lab
• Biochemical Engineering lab
• Biomass Gasification lab
• Solar Energy lab
• Wind Energy lab
• Biogas technology lab
• Biomass combustion lab
• Energy park
• Bio-diesel pilot plant

Areas of research include utilization of solar energy systems, fuel cell power plants, biomass gasification, alcohol and bio-diesel production technology, windmills, biogas and smokeless stoves.

This department is equipped with

• Soil and water conservation lab
• Soil mechanics lab
• Hydraulic machinery lab
• Fluid mechanics lab
• Surveying lab
• Strength of materials lab 
• Hydrology lab
• Irrigation engineering lab

This department has research activities in the areas of sprinkler and micro irrigation, on farm irrigation methods, water management and plastics in agriculture

Areas of research include design and development of farm implements and machinery to bridge the mechanization gap in Tamil Nadu.

This department has the following facilities :

• Computer Lab with more than 50 computers

• Video Conferencing Hall

• 24x7 Internet Connectivity

• CD Writing facility

 The Computer Lab is open from 9.00 a.m to 9.00 p.m on all working days.

 The broad areas of interest of the faculty are

• Information Technology

• Mathematical Modeling

• Applied Statistics

• Soil Physics