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department of agricultural university

Agricultural engineering

The Department of Agricultural Engineering was started in the year 1991 at Agricultural College, Mahanandi and has been mainly entrusted with the responsibility of Under-Graduate. This department offers 4courses at UG level. The department has workshop and lab facilitiy for undergraduate programme.

S.No Course no. Title of the course Credits
1 AENG-151 Fundaments of Soil and Water
Conservation Engineering
3(2+1)
2 AENG-251 Farm Power and Machinery 2(1+1)
3 AENG-252 Greenhouses and Post Harvest
Technology
2(1+1)
4 AENG-351 Renewable Energy Sources 2(1+1)

Faculty

Dr.B. Sarojini Devi
Associate Professor and Head Specialization: Soil and Water Consv. Engg Phone: 9440768326 Email: bsdevi2003@gmail.com

PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS


Received “ Meritorious Teacher Award “(2011) of Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University during the year 2014.

S.No Name of authors Years Title of the research article Type of work Name of the Journal Volume no. & PP.
Place of Publication
1 B.Sarojini devi M.V.Ranghaswami C.Mayilswami 2012 Delineation of groundwater recharge zones in hard rock terrain of Tamilnadu zones Research paper Proc. of water resources assessment, recharge and Modelling, IGWC 20121, pp.224-231
2 B.Sarojini devi ESV Narayana rao 2012 Optimal allocation of land water resources using linear programming approach Research paper Proc. of water resources assessment, recharge and Modelling, IGWC, 2012 pp.279-282
3 B.Sarojini devi V Ravikumar 2013 Measured and modeled unsaturated hydraulic conductivity in sandy clay loam soils Research paper NGWC, 2013 PP.274-278, Coimbatore
4 B.Sarojini devi M.V.Ranghaswami C.Mayilswami 2013 Performance evaluation of water delivery systems in canal command area of PAP basin Research paper Int. Journal of Agril.Engg, Muzaffar Nagar Vol05, Issue 2 Oct, 2013,pp.260-267
5 B.Sarojini devi M.V.Ranghaswami C.Mayilswami 2013 Groundwater resources assessment and conjunctive use modeling for multi crop irrigation in PAP basin Research paper Int. Journal of Agril.Engg, Muzaffar Nagar Vol05, Issue 2 April, 2013,pp.20-27
6 B.Sarojini devi M.V.Ranghaswami C.Mayilswami 2012 Performance evaluation of water delivery systems in canal command area of PAP basin Research paper INDIA WATER WEEK, 2012 --
7 B.Sarojini devi M.V.Ranghaswami C.Mayilswami 2012 Groundwater resources assessment and conjunctive use modeling for multi crop irrigation in PAP basin Research paper INDIA WATER WEEK, 2012 --
8 C.Mayilswami B.Sarojini devi 2012 Managing the irrigation water requirement of command area of 4(L distributory of Pollachi Main canal under variable rainfall conditions Research paper Int.Journal of Ground water- Aurangabad, 2012 Vol 1,pp.6-19
9 V Ravikumar B.Sarojini devi G Vijay kumar 2015 Evaluation of fertigation scheduling for sugarcane using a vadose zone flow and transport model Research paper Agricultural Water Management, July 2015 Volume 98, Issue 9, Pages 1431–1440
10 B.Sarojini devi G.Manoj kumar 2013 Use of renewable energy sources- Development of solar sprayer Research paper Proc.ISAE, 2013 Hyderabad
11 B.Sarojini devi M.V.Ranghaswami C.Mayilswami 2010 Assessment of sustainable agriculture in the irrigated area of PAP basin using CRIWAR strategy module. Research paper Proc.ISAE, 2010 Hyderabad
12 B.Sarojini devi 2005 Irrigation Tanks of chittor district- A case study of Musalipedu Tank, Yerperdu Mandal Research Paper APWAM-2005 publications --
13 B.Sarojini devi HC Jansen 2005 Tools for Agril.water use assessment –An IWRI prespective Research Paper Alterra-ILRI-2005 publications --
14 B.Sarojini devi 2005 Bio diesel-The fuel of choice Research paper Proc.ISAE,2005 Lucknow
15 B.Sarojini devi 2006 Sustainable use of Irrigation water from Musalipedu Tank, Yerperdu Mandal, Chittoor district, A.P. Research paper Proc.ISAE, 2006 Dehradun

Dr.B. Sarojini Devi

She taught 6 different courses to B.Sc.(Ag)and Agriculture Polytechnic. She has published 14 research articles in international and national journals and Proceedings of Conferences and 5 popular articles in magazines and news papers. The number of citations of her research articles is 200. She prepared practical manual for B.Sc(Ag) programme. She attended 4 international conferences and 9 national conferences and delivered 5 radio talks.

She conducted number of training programmes to the famers on different agricultural implements and machinery.

She also served as Officer-in-charge (Academic Matters) (5Years),Additional Warden of Girls Hostel (2years), NSS Programme Officer (1 year), Placement Officer (1 year), Student’s Advisor (15 years), Officer-in-charge (Transport Section)(12 years) and Team leader of State Study Tour (1 time). Also presently holding the additional charge of Placement Officer for 2016-17.

She received “Meritorious Teacher Award (2011) of Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University.

She is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), Life Member of ISAE, Life Member of International Groundwater Association. She is a Referee for 2 International Journals and 2 National Journals. She is external examiner for 3 universities.