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Courses Offered
- Background
Department of Agricultural Engineering is a constituent department under the Faculty of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat.
It caters to teaching undergraduate courses of Agriculture and Research mostly on network mode. Moreover, besides reasonable extension activities, the Department also involves itself with minor repair and maintenance activities of various departments, laboratories, farms, hostels etc. under both the Faculties of Agriculture and Home Science.
Agricultural engineering is the engineering discipline that applies engineering science and technology to to production, processing, preservation and handling of food, feed and fiber. Agricultural engineering combines the disciplines of animal biology, plant biology, and mechanical, civil, electrical and chemical engineering principles in:
·Design of agricultural machinery, equipment, and agricultural structures
·Internal combustion engines as applied to agricultural machinery
·Agricultural/natural resource management (including land use and water use)
·Water management, conservation, and storage for crop irrigation and livestock production
·Soil management and conservation, including erosion and erosion control
·Seeding, tillage, harvesting, and processing of crops
·Waste management, including animal waste, agricultural residues, and fertilizer runoff
·Food engineering and the processing of agricultural products
·Bio resource engineering and rural energy
Vision
To make agriculture sustainable, profitable and competitive enterprise through engineering interventions of farm mechanization, value addition and energy management in production and post harvest operations in the state of Assam.
Mission
To develop and introduce need-based and region-specific engineering technologies to achieve sustainable enhanced productivity and profitability of different stake holders.
Mandate
To plan, coordinate, monitor Teaching, Extension and R&D programmes and serve as an information repository in Agricultural Engineering
TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Presently, the following U.G. Courses are being offered by this Department:–
Ag Engg 212 : Farm Power & Machinery
Ag Engg 222 : Protected Cultivation & Post Harvest Technology
Ag Engg.313 : Fundamentals of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering
Ag Engg 322 : Renewable Energy
Experiential Learning (Hands on Training) on Processing of cereals, pulses and oilseed crops, PHT (full semester full time course).
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
The Department of Agricultural Engineering has the privilege of running four All India Coordinated Research Projects as follows:
AICRP on Farm Implements & Machinery
AICRP on Post Harvest Technology
AICRP on Renewable Sources of Energy
AICRP on Increased Utilization of Animal Energy with Enhanced System Efficiency
In addition, another project funded by Dept. of Sc. & Tech., Govt of India, titled “Development of a Natural Draft Gas Fired Tea Dryer for Small Tea Growers of Assam” is running under Er. A. Borah, as Principal Investigator with a total budget outlay of INR 26, 90,000.00
Present Teaching Staff Position:
1. Er. B C Sarma, i/c Head of The Dept. & PI, AICRP on UAE
& AICRP on RES
2. Er. A Borah, PI, AICRP on PHT and Faculty, Food Sc. &
Tech. programme
3. Er. M Barooah, i/c Research Engineer, AICRP on RES
4. Dr. P Barua, PI, AICRP on FIM & Sr. Scientist
AICRP on Water Management