TANFED - Tamil Nadu Co-operative Marketing Federation Limited

Organisation

From the inception till June 1976, there was elected board of Management.
From June 1976 to November 1998 managed by the Special Officers.
From November 1998 to 25.6.2001, functioned under the elected Board of Management.
Subsequently, the Board was superseded by the Government of Tamil Nadu with effect from 26.5.2001 and thereafter, the TANFED is functioning under the control of Special Officer in the cadre of Additional Registrar of Cooperative Societies.
From 17.07.2013 to 9.7.2018 functioning under the Elected Board of Management.
From 6.3.2019 to 15.10.2023TANFED functioned under the control of Elected Board.
From 16.10.2023, Additional Registrar/Administrator is looking after the affairs of the Board till new elected takes charge after the election.

List of Board of Directors

1	Vacant	PRESIDENT
2	THIRU K. THIRUMURTHI	VICE-PRESIDENT
3	THIRU V.C. VARADARAJ
4	THIRU V.R. KARUPPASAMY
5	THIRU S.M. BALAN
6	THIRU M. SUBRAMIAM
7	THIRU M. JAYASEKAR
8	THIRU D. JOHN THANGAM
9	THIRU S. PACHAIAPILLAI
10	THIRU M. SHANMUGAM
11	THIRU P. GOVINDAN
12	THIRU M. MAHENDIRAN
13	THIRU M. KARTHIKEYAN
14	TMT. G. JAYALAKSHMI
15	TMT. R. DEVI
16	TMT. G. RAJAMMAL
17	TMT. R. KANCHANA
18	TMT. S. AMMU
19	TMT. L. ESWARI
20	THIRU K. RAJENDIRAN ADDL. REGISTRAR (MARKETING, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT), OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF COOP. SOCS.
21	THIRU M. MURUGAN ADDITIONAL REGISTRAR /MANAGING DIRECTOR

List of Chairman

S.No.	Name of the Chairman	From	To
1.	Thiru K.S.Subramania Gounder	1959	1967
2.	Thiru Mannai P.Narayanasamy	1967	1972
3.	Thiru R.Dharmalingam	1972	1976
4.	Thiru R.Rathinasamy	1998	2001
5.	Thiru. D. Johnthangam	17.07.2013	11.03.2014
6.	Thiru. Ellappatti M. Murugan	21.03.2014	9.07.2018
7.	Thiru K. Chellapondi	6.3.2019	18.7.2020
8.	Thiru K. Thirumoorthy	19.7.2020	15.10.2023

List of Special Officers

S.No.	Name of the Special Officer Shri	From	To
1.	S.Sivasubramanian,IAS.,	10.6.1976	12.3.1978
2.	P.Somasundaram Joint Registrar	13.3.1978	25.5.1978
3.	L.N.Vijayaraghavan,IAS.,	26.5.1978	16.6.1980
4.	M.Thangavelu Joint Registrar	17.8.1980	20.11.1980
5.	A.J.Srinivas Joint Registrar	21.11.1980	23.3.1981
6.	M.Kanakasabapathi Additional Registrar	24.3.1981	16.8.1984
7.	M.Murugan Additional Registrar / Managing Director	2.3.2019
8.	S.T.Vaithilingam Additional Registrar	18.11.1984	12.3.1986
9.	A.Kanagasabapathi. Additional Registrar	13.3.1986	5.11.1986
10.	M.Rajaram Pandian Additional Registrar	6.11.1986	13.6.1989
11.	H.Dhanaraj Additional Registrar	14.6.1989	6.8.1992
12.	M.Krishnasamy Additional Registrar	7.8.1992	30.9.1994
13.	G.Gandidoss Additional Registrar	1.10.1994	31.1.1995
14.	S.Damodaran Additional Registrar	1.2.1995	4.3.1996
15.	M.M.B.Shivaprakasam Additional Registrar	5.3.1996	31.12.1996
16.	H.Dhanaraj Additional Registrar	1.1.1997	21.5.1997
17.	J.N.Krishnan Additional Registrar	22.5.1997	15.6.1997
18.	R.S.Natarajan Additional Registrar	16.6.1997	26.6.1998
19.	R.M.Jagannathan Additional Registrar	26.6.1998	11.11.1999
20.	A.Devadoss Gandhi Additional Registrar	12.11.1999	12.7.2001
21.	P.S.Thirugnanam Additional Registrar	13.7.2001	15.11.2001
22.	M.Karunanithi Additional Registrar	16.11.2001	15.2.2004
23.	A.Jinnah Additional Registrar	16.2.2004	31.7.2007
24.	G.Saravanan Joint Registrar (FAC)	1.8.2007	11.3.2008
25.	A.Sankaralingam Additional Registrar	12.3.2008	7.8.2011
26.	K. Balasubramanian Additional Registrar	8.8.2011	30.09.2012
27.	R.M Jeyempandian Additional Registrar/Managing Director (FAC)	1.10.2012	18.10.2012
28.	V.Nandakumari Additional Registrar/Special Officer/ Administrator/Managing Director	19.10.2012	16.10.2013
29.	R.M. Jeyempandian Additional Registrar/Managing Director(FAC)	17.10.2013	19.05.2014
30.	B.Balamurugan, Additional Registrar/Managing Director	20.5.2014	3.7.2014
31.	R.M.Jeyampandian,Additional Registrar/ Managing Director	4.7.2014	1.8.2014
32.	B. Balamurugan, Additional Registrar/Managing Director	2.8.2014	19.1.2016
33.	Dr.N. Vilvasekaran, Additional Registrar/ Managing Director	20.1.2016	31.5.2016
34.	M.Senthamilselvan, Additional Registrar/ Managing Director	1.6.2016	19.9.2016
35.	Dr.N. Vilvasekaran, Additional Registrar/ Managing Direector	20.9.2016	10.1.2017
37.	M. Antonysamy John Peter, Additional Registrar/Managing Director	11.1.2017	1.3.2019
38.	M. Murugan Additional Registrar/Managing Director	1.3.2019 AN	14.9.2021
39.	Dr. K.V.S. Kumar Additional Registrar/Managing Director	15.9.2021	12.9.2023
39.	Tmt. N. Mirunalini Additional Registrar/Managing Director	12.9.2023	30.10.2023
39.	Thiru Siva.Muthukkumarasamy Additional Registrar/Managing Director	30.10.2023	Till date

Organisational Setup

The Head Office consists of functional divisions such as Administration, Accounts, Internal audit, Fertilizers, Seeds and Pesticides, Agricultural Marketing and Civil Engineering.
Three General Managers (1) General Manager (Marketing)
(2) General Manager (Fertilisers) (3) General Manager (Finance and Accounts) (4) Secretary (5) Manager (Internal Audit) are functioning under the control of Managing Director / Special Officer.
At district level there are 18 Regional Offices in Tamil Nadu State. Regional Managers are incharge of the Regional Office.
As on 01.04.2024 the staff strength is 82 (exclusive of 15 Nos. of deputationists from Government).