Department of Agricultural Engineering and Technology

The Department of Agricultural Engineering and Technology focuses and deals with the use of engineering tools and practices to solve the real world problem of crop production, handling and processing problems for food and fibre industry. "Everything else can wait but not Agriculture", with this famous motto, the department envisages to solve the problem with the application of scientific knowledge in diverse and multi-disciplinary activities for overall development of farming community and better livelihood.
The Agricultural Engineering Department of the school came in to existence in 2008. The department follows four years degree course as adopted by the school.

Thrust Areas of Research:

• Farm Power and Machinery Engineering
• Soil and Water Engineering
• Food Processing and Engineering

Aims and objectives:

• To provide scientific knowledge to increase agricultural production and productivity through better management of land and water resources
• To encourage the design and use of appropriate and more efficient agricultural machinery
• To provide better techniques of post-harvest technology
• To design improved methods of processing and preservation of foods

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