Dr. P. Srimathi, Ph D, Professor of Seed Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore has 24 years of experience in education, research and extension works related to seed science and its technical application. She has worked with National Seed Project and handled 5 schemes as CO PI and one scheme as PI.  She has also guided 9 M.Sc., (Ag.) students and 4 Ph.D., scholars for their dissertation work.  She has contributed nearly 50 book chapters, published 120 research papers in reputed National and International Journals and 45 popular articles both in Tamil and English. She has also presented papers in National symposium and has her specialization with tree seed technology and seed invigouration techniques.