INTRODUCTION

The Agricultural engineering is the discipline that applies engineering science and technology to agricultural production and processing. Agricultural engineering combines the disciplines of mechanical, civil, electrical and chemical engineering principles with the knowledge of agricultural principles

Department of Agricultural Engineering is one of the important components of College of Agriculture, Vaso. The Department is engaged in teaching, research and extension activities at undergraduate and polytechnic level.

MANDATES / OBJECTIVES

To impart basic, applied and adaptive education leading to a development, improvement of equipment, technology, process for better crop production, irrigation and drainage, post-harvest technology and processing, and energy-use in agriculture & rural industries at UG and diploma level

• To conduct basic, applied and adaptive research in field of agricultural engineering for the development of technologies and recommendations for the farmers, entrepreneurs and scientific community.
• Transfer of the technologies and latest know-how to farmers, entrepreneurs and scientific community through various means of extension

FACULTY INFORMATION

Name of the faculty:

Dr. Gautamkumar R Patel

Designation: Associate Professor & Head

Educational Qualification: Ph.D (Agricultural Engineering)

Specialization: Soil and Water Engineering, Irrigation management, Remote sensing and GIS

Contact Detail:

Mo. No.: 9375759054

E-mail: grpatel@aau.in

Professional Resume:

ACTIVITIES

RESEARCH

AGRESCO / Other Agency / PG Research

1. AGRESCO

Ongoing technical program(AE∙AIT/ AE-CoA, Vaso/2019/01) on “Remote Sensing and GIS based approach for identifying prospective water harvesting sites in the Panam sub-watershed of Mahi River Basin, India”

2. PG Research (M. Tech-Agril. Engg.)

Concluded

• Spectral mixture modeling techniques to derive land-cover parameters for distributed sediment yield estimation in small watershed
• Assessment of Agro-Land suitability for Rice and Wheat using Remote Sensing and GIS environment

Ongoing

• The sediment yield estimation of Panam catchment using MPSIAC in the GIS environment
• RS and GIS aiding groundwater augmentation in hard rock terrain area

3. Other Agency : NIL

EXTENSION

FACILITIES

The facilities available with department of Agricultural Engineering are;

• Fully audio visual aided classrooms
• Laboratory of soil and water engineering (equipped with instruments, cut models, charts etc.)
• Laboratory of Farm machinery and power Engineering (equipped with instruments, cut models, charts, live models, )
• Charts related to renewable energy, agro processing etc.
• Farm workshop (MB plough, disc plough, disc harrow, clod crusher, cultivators, blade harrow, seed drill, seed cum fertilizer drill, bund former, land leveller, puddler, rotavator, plant protection equipments(different model of sprayers, duster etc), power sprayer, Different models of Threshers, graders, aspirators, winnowers, blowers, farm cart, tractor trolley etc
• Irrigation equipments (submersible, mono block, centrifugal pump), diesel engine, mud pump etc.
• Farm Power ( Tractors, mini tractor, power tiller, self propelled soil auger, lawn mower, power hoe etc)
• Small hand tools- sickle, spade, shovel, wheel hoe, hand hoe etc.   
• Bio energy park (Solar street light, different types of dryers, solar cooker, bio gas plant (floating type) etc.
• Bio waste pit( NADEP structure, tradition compost pit for farm waste etc.)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Publication / Recommendations / Research / Extension / Award / Project Completed

• Publication

List of Research Papers in International Journal

• List of the Popular Articles

5. Significance of Gypsum in reclamation of alkaline soil- Readers shelf- Jan-2020
5. Gobar bank-Krishi Govidhya- March-2020

Awards Won by the Faculty

CONTACT

DR. GAUTAM R. PATEL

Associate Professor & Head

Department of Agricultural Engineering

College of Agriculture, AAU, Vaso

Mo. No.: +91 – 9375759054

e-mail: grpatel@aau.in