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Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
Under this department, students are given exposures about different techniques for soil and water conservation, rainwater harvesting, degraded land reclamation,remote sensing and GIS, waste watermanagement, integrated watershed management, hydrological modeling, command area development, Etc.
The department of soil and water engineering is mainly engaged in teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Besides, UGand PGprogrammes, department also offers vocational training course on “Tools and Techniques for Rainwater Harvesting”. It offers various courses like Watershed Hydrology, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Water Harvesting and Soil Conservation Structures, Watershed Planning and Management, Remote Sensing and GISApplications etc. to the UGand PGstudents.
The research project based on local and future needs of the farmers, field engineers and entrepreneurs are given to the final year undergraduate and postgraduate students as a part of their academic research work. Department is having GIS and Remote Sensing, Watershed, Soil and Water Conservation laboratories to provide practical knowledge to the students and also to demonstrate and organize training to farmers and field engineers, entrepreneurs etc. Many farmers, women and local peoples, NGO and others often visit the department to gain knowledge of different soil and water Conservation engineering aspects.
Objectives
- Teaching of soil and water conservation engineering subjects to under graduate and post graduate students.
- To develop state-of-the-art technology and web-based applications for attaining pursuit of teaching excellence
- To evolve low cost, environmental friendly and techno-efficient water management strategies for accruing more crop per drop of water
- To highlight the importance of water as a precious resource and to promote its conservation, reuse and recycling in agriculture and other sectors among the farmers domain
- Transfer of developed technologies in the field of soil and water conservation engineering to the farmers of tribal region.
Department Faculty/Staff members
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Sr. No. |
Name of Staff |
Designation |
Qualification |
Experience |
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1. |
Dr. A. N. Kunapara |
Associate Professor&HoD |
PhD (Irrigation and Drainage Engineering) |
12 years |
| 2. | Dr.Duda B. Balas | Assistant Professor | Ph.D (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering) | 2 years |
| 3. | Dr. Manoj A. Sojitra | Assistant Professor | PhD (Soil and Water Engineering) | 12 years |
| 4. | Er. Akil V. Memon | Assistant Professor (Contractual) | M.E. Civil (Irrigation Water Management) | 10 years |
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5. |
Er. Khyati Vyas |
Senior Research Assistant |
M. Tech. (Soil and Water Engineering) |
10 years |
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6. |
Dr. Leena Rani Mishra |
Research Associate (NASF-ICAR) Project |
PhD (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering) |
1 Year |
Departmental Facilities * Photo Gallery *
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:
- Soil and Water Conservation Laboratory
- Watershed Laboratory
- GIS & Remote sensing laboratory
- Field lab for soil and water conservation structures
- Surveying and Levelling Laboratory
- Soil Mechanics
- Strength of Materials Laboratory
Achivements:
- 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 Title with Credit Load – Click here to Download
List of Projects completed during UG & PG study during the year 2016-2025
B.Tech. Projects completed – Click here to Download
M.Tech. Projects completed (2016-2025) – Click here to Download
Ph.D. Projects completed (2018-2024)
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Year of completion |
Title of thesis |
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2021-22 |
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2022-23 |
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2023-24 |
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Academics
List of Year Wise PG Students Passed Out (2014-2024) -- – Click here to Download
Research Projects (2018-2024)
SPONSORED PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SWCE
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S. No. |
Sponsoring Agency |
Title of Project |
Amount of grant (INR) |
Period |
Principal Investigator |
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1. |
National Agricultural Science fund (NASF), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi |
Development of Taluka scale precisecrop yield prediction application for selected districts of Gujarat using remote sensing, AI and machine learning" |
22.88 Lakhs |
3 Years (2024-2027) |
Dr. A. N.Kunapara |
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2. |
Information Technology Research Academy (ITRA), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, New Delhi, GoI. |
Measurement to management (M2M): Improved water use efficiency and agricultural productivity through experimental sensor network |
63.14 Lakhs (6.314 Million) |
3 Years (2015-2018) |
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Tiwari |
AGRESCO Projects Completed and their Recommendations
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Sr. No. |
Project Title |
Year of Recomm. |
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1. |
Evaluating canal scheduling approaches for optimum productivity in Panam irrigation command area |
2018-2019 |
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2. |
Conjugate Assessment of Drip Lateral Spacing and Irrigation Regimes on Productivity of Rabi Maize |
2019-2020 |
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3. |
Estimation of Evapotranspiration using MODIS and Landsat-8 dataset in a selected semi-arid region of middle Gujarat
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2019-2020
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4. |
Monthly forecasts of SPI and SPEI drought indices in Middle Gujarat |
2021-2022
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Extension Activities &Training Organized:
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Sr. No. |
Date |
Activities |
Report |
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1 |
15/06/2016 |
જળ અને જમીન સંરક્ષણ ઈજનેરી વિભાગ દ્વારા “મકાઈની વૈજ્ઞાનિક અને નિકાસ લક્ષી ખેતી પદ્ધતિ તેમજ મૂલ્યવૃદ્ધિ” વિષય અંતગર્ત તા.૧૫/૦૬/૨૦૧૬ ના રોજ એક દિવસીય ખેડૂત તાલીમ કાર્યક્રમ યોજવામાં આવેલ. |
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2 |
20/10/2016 |
જળ અને જમીન સંરક્ષણ ઈજનેરી વિભાગ દ્વારા “ખેતીમાં પાણીનો સમજણપૂર્વક ઉપયોગ” વિષય અંતગર્ત તા.૨૦/૧૦/૨૦૧૬ ના રોજ એક દિવસીય ખેડૂત તાલીમ કાર્યક્રમ યોજવામાં આવેલ. |
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3 |
17/01/2017 to 06/02/2017 |
21 days training programme/winter school on “Water and Energy Security in The Arena of Climate Change” was organized at College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, AnandAgricultural University, Godhra, sponsored by Information Technology Research Academy (ITRAWater), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, from 17th January, 2017 to 06th February, 2017. |
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4 |
06/02/2018 to 13/02/2018 |
8 Days Model Training Course on “Hydrological and Crop Simulation Modeling in the Arena of Climate Change” was held during February 6-13, 2018. |
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5 |
08/03/2018 |
જળ અને જમીન સંરક્ષણ ઈજનેરી વિભાગ દ્વારા “ટપક સિંચાઈ પદ્ધતિથી પાણીનો કાર્યક્ષમ ઉપયોગ” વિષય અંતગર્ત તા. ૦૮/૦૩/૨૦૧૮ના રોજ એક દિવસીય ખેડૂત તાલીમ કાર્યક્રમ યોજવામાં આવેલ. |
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6 |
30/10/2018 |
જળ અને જમીન સંરક્ષણ ઈજનેરી વિભાગ દ્વારા “શિયાળુપાકની વૈજ્ઞાનિક ખેતી પદ્ધતિ” વિષય અંતગર્ત તા. ૩૦/૧૦/૨૦૧૮ના રોજ એક દિવસીય ખેડૂત તાલીમ કાર્યક્રમ યોજવામાં આવેલ. |
