Agricultural Engineering and Technology
About Agricultural Engineering and Technology
M. Tech. Agricultural Engineering
M. Tech. Agricultural engineering is 2 year post-graduate program which is a study of various applications, techniques and theories used in Agricultural sector for better productivity of crops through design and innovation. Students learn the principles, theories, fundamentals required to design new machinery for agricultural purposes in ways that are easy to use for farmers and other laymen in rural areas.
The program aims at imparting knowledge of how to be able to perform skills like planning, supervising and managing areas like floods, drainage and irrigation systems. Students are taught to study researched data and perform relevant practices.
Students also learn to understand the nature and impact of farming practices on environment, which helps them create new schemes for reducing pollution and enrich the natural resources provided to us by nature. Students who have knowledge of product engineering, equipment research and designing along with good communication skills and can work under unfavorable conditions with pressure are most apt for M. Tech Agricultural Engineering.
Eligibility
- The minimum eligibility requirement for admission to the M.Tech.
- Agricultural Engineering is a Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Technology degree in Agricultural Engineering or similar discipline.
Subjects
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Subject |
Description |
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Food Chemistry and Microbiology |
Food and its nutrient components are taught in this subject along with concepts related to Microbiology |
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Process Instrumentation and Control |
Process of developing instruments and tools is taught in this subject. |
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Food Engineering –I |
Modifications that can be done in food and food technology are the main topics of this subject. |
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Transport Processes |
Transportation techniques and problems occurring in transporting are the main topics of this subject. |
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Refrigeration Engineering |
Mechanism of Refrigeration is taught in this subject. |
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Data Structure and Computer Programming |
Computer fundaments used in agricultural engineering are taught in this subject. |
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Engineering Properties of Biological Materials |
Rheological properties and thermal properties are main topics covered in this subject. |
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Livestock and Aquaculture Food Products Processing |
Livestock and aquaculture food products and their importance is taught in this subject. |
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Food Process Engineering |
Introduction, types of processing, process and technology is provided in this subject. |
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Food Engineering –II |
Heat and mass transfer- mode of heat transfer. Methods of heat generation and application to food is taught in this subject. |
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Biomass Utilization and Renewable Energy Management |
Main topics covered in this subject are Biomass (By-products and residue) and their utilization potential for food, building materials, pulp/paper, chemical products |
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Food Storage Engineering |
Storage losses in agricultural commodities and its prevention is taught in this subject. |
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Food Preservation Technology |
Introduction to food preservation industry is given in this subject. |
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Dairy Products Processing |
Milk, its constituents and properties is taught in this subject. |
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Food Quality, Standards and Regulations |
Proximate constituents and their evaluation / analysis is done in this subject. |
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Packaging and Handling of Foods |
Importance of packaging. Packaging materials and their properties, suitability and costs is taught in this subject. |
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Process Modeling and Simulation |
An overview of the modeling process is given in this subject. |
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Design and Layout of Food Processing Plants |
Detailed knowledge about food processing plants is given in this subject. |
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Fruit and Vegetable Processing |
Fruit and Vegetable Processing and changes in them due to several reasons is taught in this subject. |
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Seed Technology and Processing |
Main topics of Seed Technology, its importance, development is taught in this subject. |
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Technology of Bakery and Confectionery Foods |
Bakery foods and Confectionery foods and its manufacturing is taught in this subject. |
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Bio-Process Engineering |
Concepts of Bio-Process Engineering and its detailed study is taught in this subject. |
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Emerging Technologies in Food Processing |
Awareness of new technologies emerging in the field of Food processing is provided in this subject. |
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Design of Food Processing Equipment |
Designing equipment for Food processing is taught in this subject. |
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Report Writing and Seminar |
Combining Research work and writing reports is taught in this subject. |
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Industrial Economics and Management |
Effects of Industrialization, globalization on Agricultural Engineering is taught in this subject. |
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Industrial Fermentation |
Concept of fermenting food and its nutritional value is taught in this subject. |
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Medicinal and Herbal Products Processing |
Harvesting medicinal crops and making them ready for use is taught in this subject. |
Scope
M. Tech Agricultural Engineeringopens up many opportunities as students can get hired inone of the following sectors:
- Agribusiness Firms
- Food processing Industry
- Retail Industry
- Research Organizations
- Banks and Financial Corporations
- Central and State Government Organizations
Job Profiles:
Students can work as following in the above mentioned sectors:
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Job Profile |
Description |
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Agricultural Engineer |
Agricultural Engineer has to test and design Machinery components using Computer-Aided Design. |
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Agronomist |
Agronomists have to research on new methods of improvement of food crops and develop methods of production. |
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Agricultural Scientist |
Agricultural Scientist have to develop cost effective ways of crop production. |
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Agricultural Lecturer |
Agricultural Lecturer has to teach students on undergraduate or postgraduate level the topics of agricultural sciences. |
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Equipment Officer |
Equipment Officer is responsible for managing and monitoring agricultural equipment. |
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Agriculture Research Scientist |
Agricultural Research Scientist has to find methods to increase productivity using the available resources. |
Course Fee
The minimum eligibility for admission to this course is a B.Tech. degree in Agricultural Engineering or similar discipline. Approximate Tuition fee of the course varies from30,000 INR to 75000 INR per annum.
Salary
M. Tech Agricultural Engineering equips students with immense knowledge to work in various sectors like fertilizer firms, Research and Development Firms, Food product firms etc. The average entry level salary for M.Tech. Agricultural Engineering graduates ranges from 1.5 Lakh INR to 3 INR Lakh.