Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Department Faculty/Staff members
|
Sr. No. |
Name |
Designation |
Qualification |
|
1 |
Er. Arvind Kunapara |
Asstt. Professor & HOD |
M. Tech. (Soil and Water Engineering) |
|
2 |
Er. Rajesh S. Godhani |
Senior Research Assistant |
M. Tech. (Farm Machinery & PowerEngineering) |
Departmental Facilities
Department is equipped with almost all instruments/facilities required to conduct the experiments/practicals as per UG/PG syllabus. Different labs and facility available in the department are:
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Irrigation Engineering Laboratory
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Drainage Engineering Laboratory
- Irrigation & Drainage Simulation
- Laboratory Field Laboratory
- UG and PG Classroom
- Common Study Room
Achivements:
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Department offers Ph.D, M.Tech programs in addition to regular U.G. program
- Active participation in training programmes, demonstrations are being organized to increase awareness about different aspects of water resource and irrigation management.
- Department also conduct different institutional and sponsored research projects
|
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
IDE-2.4.7 |
Irrigation Engineering |
3(2+1) |
|
IDE-2.4.8 |
Sprinkler and Micro Irrigation Systems |
2(1+1) |
|
IDE-3.5.7 |
Drainage Engineering |
2(1+1) |
|
IDE-3.6.5 |
Ground Water, Wells and Pumps |
3(2+1) |
|
IDE-4.8.5 |
Management of Canal Irrigation System |
3(2+1) |
|
IDE-4.8.6 |
Minor Irrigation and Command Area Development |
3(2+1) |
|
IDE-4.8.7 |
Precision Farming Techniques for Protected Cultivation |
3(2+1) |
|
IDE-4.8.8 |
Water Quality and Management Measures |
3(2+1) |
|
IDE-4.8.9 |
Landscape Irrigation Design and Management |
3(2+1) |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
|
IDE 501 |
Design of Surface Irrigation Systems |
2+1 |
|
IDE 502 |
Design of Farm Drainage Systems |
2+1 |
|
IDE 503 |
Command Area Management |
2+1 |
|
IDE 504 |
Water and Nutrient Management Under Protected |
2+1 |
|
IDE 505 |
Design of Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation Systems |
2+1 |
|
IDE 506 |
Ground Water Engineering |
2+1 |
|
IDE 507 |
Remote Sensing and GIS for Land and Water Resource |
2+1 |
|
IDE 508 |
Waste Water Management and Utilization in Agriculture |
2+1 |
|
IDE 509 |
Water Conveyance and Distribution |
2+1 |
|
IDE 510 |
Minor Irrigation |
2+1 |
|
IDE 511 |
Design of Pumps for Irrigation and Drainage |
2+0 |
|
IDE 512 |
Crop Environmental Engineering |
2+0 |
|
IDE 513 |
Water Resources Systems Engineering |
2+1 |
|
IDE 514 |
Irrigation Economics, Planning and Management |
2+0 |
|
IDE 515 |
Sensing and Automation in Irrigation Systems |
3+0 |
|
IDE 591 |
Seminar |
0+1 |
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
IDE 601 |
Recent Developments in Irrigation Engineering |
2+1 |
|
IDE 602 |
Advances in Drainage Engineering |
2+1 |
|
IDE 603 |
Hydro-Mechanics and Ground Water Modeling |
3+0 |
|
IDE 604 |
Soil-Water-Plant-Atmospheric Modeling |
2+1 |
|
IDE 605 |
Plant Growth Modeling and Simulation |
2+0 |
|
IDE 606 |
Multi Criteria Decision Making System |
2+0 |
|
IDE 691 |
Seminar-I |
0+1 |
|
IDE 692 |
Seminar-II |
0+1 |
Research Activities:
AGRESCO Projects
|
Sr. No. |
Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
Period |
Recommendation |
|
|
From |
To |
||||
|
1. |
Estimation of evapotranspiration using MODIS and Landsat-8 dataset in a selected semi-arid region of middle Gujarat. |
Dr. M. K. Tiwari |
2018 |
2020 |
Recommended for Scientific community |
|
2. |
Forecast of Monthly Drought Indices (SPI and SPEI) in Middle Gujarat |
Dr. M. K. Tiwari |
2020 |
2022 |
Recommended for Scientific community |
Departmental Post Graduate Projects
|
Name of Students |
Title of thesis |
|
Er. Nikunj Chauhan M.Tech Thesis (Reg. No.: 2050718008) |
(2018-2021): Development and evaluation of artificial intelligence based self-executing system for drip irrigation |
|
Sanjay Parmar, Ph.D Thesis (Reg. No.: 1050718008) |
(2018-2022): Assessment of crop water requirement using remote sensing and GIS for Panchmahal region |
Departmental Under Graduate Projects
|
Year |
Title of thesis |
|
2017-2018 |
Performance evaluation of distributories under Panam canal command in the Middle Gujarat region |
|
2018-2019 |
(i) Geomorphologic analysis of a watershed using remote sensing and GIS in middle gujarat region (ii) Rainfall-runoff simulation modelling using artificial neural network and GIS (iii) Performance evaluation of distributaries under Panam canal command in the middle Gujarat region |
|
2019-2020 |
Estimation of actual evapotranpiration in Panam Canal command using remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS) |
Extension Activities & Training Organized:
|
Sr. No. |
Date |
Activities |
Report |
|
1 |
14/08/2018 (One Day Training) |
એક દિવાસીય ખેડૂત તાલીમ – જળસ્ત્રાવ નાં વ્યવસ્થાપન નાં જળસંચય અને જળસંચય માટેનાં સ્ટ્રાક્ચરોની મરામત |
|
|
2 |
30/12/2019 (One Day Training) |
Basics of Statistical & Mathematical modelling using Origin professional 2020 software. |
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