ANGRAU college of agricultural engineering

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ANGRAU college of agricultural engineering




Considering the demand for Agricultural Engineering graduates in this state, the State Government permitted the Agricultural University to start a 4-year B.Tech (Agril.Engg.) Degree Programme in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural College, Bapatla from the academic year 1983-84. The Head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural College, Bapatla was designated as the Officer-in-charge of the programme under the administrative control of the Principal of Agricultural College, Bapatla. This degree programme was started in the month of July 1983 when Dr. K.A.Balasubramanian was the Principal of Agricultural College, Bapatla. Dr.C.Gopala Rao, the then Associate Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural College, Bapatla was appointed as the Officer-in-charge of B.Tech (Agril.Engg.) degree programme and he continued till Dr.P.V.Narayana Rao took charge as Officer-in-charge in the month of August 1984. Later, Dr.K.S.V.V. Siva Rao worked as Officer-in-charge from May 1989. The programme was continued under the administrative control of the Principal of Agricultural College, Bapatla till it was elevated to the status of full-fledged College of Agricultural Engineering in the year 1990 and the post of Officer-in-charge was re-designated as Principal and Dr.K.S.V.V.Siva Rao, who was acting as Officer-in-charge at that time was appointed as regular Principal of College of Agricultural Engineering in February, 1991. However, the college continued in the campus of the Agricultural College, Bapatla till it was shifted to new campus in Karlapalem road in May 1994.


A separate campus (existing campus) for the college was planned in a 25 acre area on Bapatla – Karlapalem road provided by the Panchayat Raj Department and the foundation stone for construction of the building complex was laid by Dr.N.T.Rama Rao, the then Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 24-02-1988. The college buildings constructed at a cost of Rs.46.45 lakhs were inaugurated in the new premises on 5-5-1994 by Sri K. Jana Reddy, the then Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture of Andhra Pradesh and the college was shifted to the new buildings in May, 1994.

The college has the unique feature of being the only college offering B.Tech (Agril.Engg.) degree in Andhra Pradesh State. The annual intake of the students into the degree programme was only 20 in the initial year 1983-84 and later was raised to 30 from the subsequent year. The admissions are made through EMACET conducted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. At present the annual intake is 30 plus 5 from ICAR quota.


Curriculum


The course curriculum of the 4-year B.Tech degree programme in Agricultural Engineering was designated in such a way that the graduates are trained in the best possible manner to suit the needs of farming community. The first curriculum had 144 credits in a total of 8 semesters with due weightage to all the disciplines concerned. Keeping in view the fast emerging changes in the technological advances, the curriculum was again revised in 1989. Keeping in view the Dean’s committee recommendations and user agencies, the curriculum was again revised from 1997 admitted batch onwards by increasing the credit load from 144 to 157. Students are trained in the fields of Farm Machinery & Power, Agricultural Process and Food Engineering, Soil and Water Engineering, Agro-Energy and Agricultural Structures apart from basic Engineering Sciences and Agricultural Sciences.

Departments


Department of Farm Machinery and Power

Department of Soil and Water Engineering

Department of Agricultural Process and Food Engineering

Department of Agro- Energy

Department of Agricultural Structures

Laboratories
Farm Machinery and Power

Thermodynamics Laboratory

Surveying and Leveling Laboratory

Electrical Engineering Laboratory

Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics Laboratory

Field Irrigation Laboratory

Process Engineering Laboratory

Chemical Analysis Laboratory

Instrumentation Laboratory

Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Computer Center

Central Workshop

Library Holding


A STATUS REPORT

Department
Text Books
Journals
Magazines

Farm Machinery & Power
1621
4


15

Soil and Water Engineering
1456
3

Agricultural Process and Food Engineering
1132
4

Agro-Energy
135
1

Agricultural Structures
264
1


Sports and Games : Facilities Available: Cricket ground
Basket ball court
Volleyball court
Ball badminton court
Achievements Made in Academic Activities:-

* Students of this college secured outstanding ranks in GATE examinations held in the Years 2000 to 2005 which include 1st, 2nd and 4th ranks also in the years 1998 and 1999. This year (GATE- 2006), our students secured 7th, 14th, 25th, 89th, 101st and 136th ranks.

* Our students secured good ranks in JRF examinations conducted by ICAR every year which include 1st rank also in the year 1999.

* One of our students Mr. N.Ravi Babu (1993 batch) was selected in Civil Services 2005 and allotted to IRS. He is under training now.

* The Irrigation and CAD department of Government of AP recruited 39 students of our College as Assistant Executive Engineers in the last two years.

* The Department of Agriculture, Government of AP recruited 34 students of our college as Agricultural Officers (Soil Conservation) so far.

* About 20 students are working in tractor companies.

* About 22 of our students are working with Micro Irrigation Project of Government of AP

* Many students are working with irrigation equipment companies, software companies in India and Abroad and NGO organizations.

* About 25 students are working in ANGRAU as Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Teaching Assistants and Research Associates.

* Our students acquired PhD, M.Tech, MS (USA) and MBA degrees from different Universities in India and USA.

Extension Activities

The college has been striving since its inception to cater to the needs of farming community in general and the small and marginal farmers in particular. It organizes field demonstrations of latest implements and machinery in the farmer’s fields to popularize the latest technology among the farmers. The college has also been organizing short-term training programmes on mechanization to farmers, retrenched public limited company employees and officers of the State Department of Agriculture and Horticulture.


Starting PG Programme:

The University has decided to start three PG programmes (M.Tech) in Farm Machinery & Power, Soil & Water Engineering and Agricultural Process & Food Engineering specializations at the College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla from the academic year 2006-07. It is a great achievement to our college after 23 years of its establishment and the entire credit goes to the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor and all the University Officers.


Creation of a Separate Faculty

All the State Agricultural Universities offering B.Tech (Agril.Engg.) degree programmes in the country have separate faculties of Agricultural Engineering whereas the ANGRAU has no such separate faculty of Agricultural Engineering. However, the Academic Council of ANGRAU has approved a separate faculty for Agricultural Engineering in its 48th meeting vide resolution No. 1494. In spite of the best efforts by the University authorities to grant independent faculty for Agricultural Engineering, it has not yet taken any shape for want of pursuit at the State Government level where the matter has been pending for the last five years.