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Departments
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Colleges
Agricultural Engineering
The Department of Agricultural Engineering of Assam Agricultural University was established in the year 1948 as a part of the erstwhile agricultural college under government of Assam. Later on in the year 1969 it became a part of the Assam Agricultural University. At present , 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 fibre. 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 farming systems.
Mandate : To plan, coordinate, and monitor R & D programmes and serve as an information repository in Agricultural Engineering
# | Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit | Syllabus |
1 | 1. Ag Engg 212 * | Farm Machinery & Power | 2(1 + 1) | |
2 | 2. Ag Engg 222 * | Protected Cultivation & Secondary Agriculture | 2(1 + 1) | |
3 | 3. Ag Engg 313 * | Introductory Soil & Water Conservation Engineering | 3(2 + 1) | |
4 | 4. Ag Engg 322 * | Renewable Energy & Green Technology | 2(1 + 1) | |
5 | ELP Module-III | Post Harvest Technology & Value Addition | 0(0 + 0) | * courses are compulsory |
# | Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit | Syllabus |
1 | FMPE 517 | Machinery for Precision Agriculture | 3(2 + 1) | |
2 | IDE 505 | Design of Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation Systems | 3(2 + 1) | |
3 | IDE 506 | Ground Water Engineering | 3(2 + 1) | |
4 | IDE 510 | Minor Irrigation | 3(2 + 1) | |
5 | IDE 513 | Water Resources Systems Engineering | 3(2 + 1) | |
6 | REE 510 | Energy, Ecology and Environment | 3(3 + 0) | |
7 | SWCE 501 * | Advanced Soil and Water Conservation Engineering | 3(2 + 1) | |
8 | SWCE 502 * | Applied Watershed Hydrology | 3(2 + 1) | |
9 | SWCE 503 | Soil and Water Conservation Structures | 3(2 + 1) | |
10 | SWCE 504 | Stochastic Hydrology | 3(2 + 1) | |
11 | SWCE 505 * | Watershed Management and Modeling | 3(2 + 1) | |
12 | SWCE 506 | Flow Through Porous Media | 2(2 + 0) | |
13 | SWCE 507/IDE 507 | GIS and Remote Sensing for Land and Water Resource Management | 3(2 + 1) | |
14 | SWCE 508 | Climate Change and Water Resources | 3(3 + 0) | |
15 | SWCE 509 | Numerical Methods in Hydrology | 2(2 + 0) | |
16 | SWCE 510 | Dry land Water Management Technologies | 2(2 + 0) | * courses are compulsory |
# | Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit | Syllabus | * courses are compulsory |
Projects
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On Going
- sponsored project on "AICRP on PHET",
- sponsored project on "AICRP on PHET",
- AICRP on Farm Implements and Machinery sponsored project on "Prototype feasibility testing on Tractor drawn zero till seed drill for line sowing of rapeseed/mustard",
- AICRP-FIM sponsored project on "FLD on Self-propelled Reaper cum Binder",
- AAU sponsored project on "AI based robotic seed drill for small and hilly farms of North East India", projcet cost Rs.2.5 Lakh
- AICRP -FIM sponsored project on "AICRP - FIM project "Feasibility of rice nursery enterprise model using mat nursery making machine" as Co. P.I",
- AICRP-FIM sponsored project on "AICRP- FIM "Feasibility of reducing check dam lengths per unit paddy cropped area for better use of machines" as Co-P.I",
- AICRP-FIM sponsored project on "AICRP-FIM "PFT of mulch laying machine" as Co-P.I",
- AICRP-FIM sponsored project on "AICRP-FIM "Prototype feasibility of battery operated manual transplanter" as Co-PI",
- AAU sponsored project on "Quality evaluation of SBD dried paddy stored as in normal FCI warehouse method & Drying kinetics of Green Gram, Black Pepper and Mustard Seed dried in SBD", projcet cost Rs.1.61 Lakh
- AAU sponsored project on "Quality evaluation of SBD dried paddy stored as in normal FCI warehouse method & Drying kinetics of Green Gram, Black Pepper and Mustard Seed dried in SBD", projcet cost Rs.1.61 Lakh
- AAU sponsored project on "Quality evaluation of SBD dried paddy stored as in normal FCI warehouse method & Drying kinetics of Green Gram, Black Pepper and Mustard Seed dried in SBD", projcet cost Rs.1.61 Lakh
- ICAR under AICRP on FIM sponsored project on "Mechanical weed management under different crop establishment methods in dry DSR under organic field conditions", projcet cost Rs.0.59 Lakh
- DR (Agri), AAU-Jorhat sponsored project on "Comparative study of a designed storage structure for the green gram and glutinous paddy for high moisture environment with IRRI super bag",
- Government of Assam sponsored project on "training on operation repair and maintenance of agricultural machinery", projcet cost Rs.100 Lakh
- ASTEC sponsored project on "Suitability classification for construction of rainwater harvesting system through application of RS and GIS for efficient water managemnt in Karbi-Anglong", projcet cost Rs.100000 Lakh
- ASTEC sponsored project on "Suitability classification for construction of rainwater harvesting system through application of RS and GIS for efficient water management in Lumbajong and Langsomepi block of Karbi Anglong", projcet cost Rs.1 Lakh
- ICAR sponsored project on "AICRP on Farm Implements and Machinery", projcet cost Rs.4133000 Lakh
- ICAR sponsored project on " AICRP on Farm Implements & Machinery ", projcet cost Rs.5000000 Lakh
- ICAR sponsored project on "AICRP on PHET", projcet cost Rs.25000000 Lakh
- ICAR sponsored project on "AICRP on Post Harvest Engineering Technology (PHET)",
- ICAR sponsored project on "AICRP on PHET",
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Completed
- DR (Agri) sponsored project on "Comparative study of a designed storage structure for the green gram and glutinous paddy for high moisture environment with IRRI super bag", projcet cost Rs.0.27 Lakh implemented in 2021. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Abhijit Borah)
- DR (Agri) sponsored project on "Comparative study of a designed storage structure for the green gram and glutinous paddy for high moisture environment with IRRI super bag", projcet cost Rs.0.27 Lakh implemented in 2021. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Er. Kaushik Hazarika)
- DBT-GOI sponsored project on "DBT, New Delhi sponsored project on "Developing bioactive compound-enriched functional food ingredients from Dillenia indica and valorization of pomac", . Co-PI of the project.", projcet cost Rs.2529000 Lakh implemented in 2017. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Abhijit Borah)
- IIT-DIC sponsored project on "Design Innovation Centre (DIC) project on- Design and development of a hand operated Assam lemon fruit harvester", projcet cost Rs.7.60 Lakh implemented in 2016. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Pankaj Barua)
- ICAR sponsored project on "Seed tape system for vegetable production in small and hilly farms of NE India", projcet cost Rs.22.98 Lakh implemented in 2016. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Pankaj Barua)
- DST-GOI sponsored project on "“Development of a Natural draft gas fired tea dryer for small tea growers of Assam”.", projcet cost Rs.29.90 Lakh implemented in 2013. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Abhijit Borah)
- DST-GOI sponsored project on "“Development of a Natural draft gas fired tea dryer for small tea growers of Assam”.", projcet cost Rs.29.90 Lakh implemented in 2013. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Er. Kaushik Hazarika)
- DST-GOI sponsored project on "Development of a Natural Draft Gas Fired Tea Dryer for Small Tea Growers of Assam", projcet cost Rs.30 Lakh implemented in 2012.
- DBT-GOI sponsored project on "Entrepreneurship development of backward population of ginger growing areas of Assam Through PH management of ginger. Co-PI of the project", projcet cost Rs.12.00 Lakh implemented in 2008. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Abhijit Borah)
- DST-GOI sponsored project on "Feasibility Study of Solid Waste Management and Utilization System for Jorhat City, Assam. Co=PI of the project", projcet cost Rs.6.48 Lakh implemented in 2005. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Abhijit Borah)
- World Bank sponsored project on "National Agricultural Technology Project, “Improve Indigenous Technology for milling, drying and storage of rice”", projcet cost Rs.24.399 Lakh implemented in 2000. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Abhijit Borah)