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Profile of College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla

  
  Started as a B.Tech (Agril Engg) Programme in 1983
  
 

Initially started in August 1983 as B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering) degree programme with Officer-in-charge as Head of the programme under the administrative control of Principal, Agricultural College, Bapatla

  
 
 
 
Admission :Through EMACET conducted by the State Government
Eligibility :Inter (10 + 2) with MPC group
Intake :Initially 20 in 1983-84 and later raised to 30 + 51 ICAR quota
 
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Elevated to the status of full fledged College in 1990

  
 

Officer-in-charge was re-designated as Principal and the first Principal was appointed in February 1991

  
     
 

The college was shifted to the new campus in August 1994

  
 
Campus area :25 acres
 
 

 
Foundation stone for the construction of the new building complex was laid by the then Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr. N.T.Rama Rao on 24-12-1988.
  

 
The new building complex was inaugurated on 5-5-1994 by the then Hon’ble Minister of Agricultural and Horticulture Sri K. Jana Reddy in presence of the then Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Dr. M.V. Rao.
 
 
The building complex was further expanded with full extension of the first floor in 2006 and inaugurated by Dr S Raghu Vardhan Reddy, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor on 21.6.2006.
  
     
 

The buildings complex comprises of three blocks.

  
 

Visvesvaraya Bhavan

  
Academic & Administrative Block :1705 Sq.mt
Dr. M.V. Rao Block  
Workshop and Laboratories Block :1000 Sq.mt
Dr. K L Rao Hall of Residence  
Hostel (Boys) Block :1116 Sq.mt
Play grounds :1 ha
Starting of PG Programme :


 
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M. Tech (Agricultural Engineering)

  
  The Post-Graduate programmes in the following three specializations are started during this academic year 2006-07.  
 
 
 

1.

M. Tech in Farm Machinery and Power
2.

M. Tech in Soil and Water Engineering

3.

M. Tech in Agricultural Process & Food Engineering

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  Eligibility :B.Tech (Agril. Engineering)  
  Admission

:Through an Entrance Test conducted by ANGRAU

  
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Departments and Teaching Staff Structure

  
 

 

  
 

Sl.No.

Name of the Department

Staff Structure

 

Total

Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

1

Farm Machinery & Power

1 (AHRDP)

2

4

7

2

Soil & Water Engineering

1

1

3

5

3

Agricultural Process & Food Engineering

1 (AHRDP)

1

3

5

4

Agricultural Structures

1 (AHRDP)

- -

- -

1

5

Agro Energy

1 (AHRDP)

- -

- -

1

6

Mathematics

- -

1

- -

1

 

Total

5

5

10

20
 
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Non-Teaching Staff Structure

  
 



 
 

Sl. No.

Name of the post

Sanctioned Posts

Existing Position

Vacancies

1

Administrative officer

1

1

- -

2

Senior Assistants

2

2

- -

3

JACT

1

- -

1

4

Library Assistant

1

1

- -

5

Record Assistant

1

1

- -

6

Attenders

2

2

- -

7

Luskers

2

2

- -

8

Driver

1

1

- -

9

Watchman

1

1

- -

 

Total

12

11

1

 
     
 

Sl. No.

Name of the post

Sanctioned Posts

Existing Position

Vacancies

1

Technician (Mech. Gr. I)

3

2

- -

2

Technician (Mech. Gr. II)

2

1

2

3

Carpenter Grade I

1

- -

1

4

Turner

1

- -

1

5

Welder

1

- -

1

6

Blacksmith

1

- -

1

7

Workshop Helpers

2

2

- -

 

Total

11

5

6

 
 


 
 

Students Strength during the Academic Year 2006-07:
B. Tech (Agril. Engg.)

  
     
 

Year

Boys

Girls

Total

First year

26

5

31

Second year

26

6

32

Third year

22

6

28

Final year

16

7

23

 

90

24

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M. Tech (Agril. Engg.)

  
     
 

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Specializations

Number of students admitted

1

Farm Machinery and Power

1

2

Soil and Water Engineering

2

3

Agricultural Process & Food Engineering

2
 
     
 

Hostels:

  
     
 

Sl. No.

Name of Hostel

No. of Rooms

No. of Occupants

1

Boys Hostel

22

66

2

News Boys Hostel

8

16

3

Girls Hostel (at Home Science College)

8

24
 
     
 

Library Holding:

  
     
 

Department

Text Books

Indian/Foreign Journals

Magazines

Farm Machinery and Power

1621

4

 

15

Soil and Water Engineering

1456

3

Agricultural Process and Food Engineering

1132

4

Agri-Energy

135

1

Agricultural Structures

264

1
 
     
 
Number of students completed their graduation from the college :400
 
     
 

Major areas of research work under taken/being undertaken by the college:

  
     
 

1

 Tillage and traction studies

2

 Development of low cost agricultural implements for sowing, weeding and plant protection
3 Performance evaluation studies of harvesting and threshing machinery
4 On farm demonstration of later agricultural implements and machinery
5 Drying studies on agricultural produce

6

 Micro irrigation studies
 
     
 

Department of Farm Machinery and Power:

  
 

Laboratories :

  
     
 

1

 Central Workshop

2

 Farm Power Laboratory
3 Farm Machinery Laboratory
4 Thermodynamics Laboratory
5 Instrumentation Laboratory
6 Soil Dynamics Laboratory with Rectangular and Circular Soil Bins

7

 Central Computer Center
 
     
 

Major Equipment/Machinery Available:

  
     
 

1

 Tractor – 2

2

 Power Tillers – 3
3 Rectangular Soil bin for tillage & traction studies
4 Circular soil bin for abrasion studies
5 Tractor Working Cut Model
6 Diesel Engine Mechanical Dynamometer Test Rig
7 Diesel Engine Electrical Dynamometer Test Rig
8 Diesel Engine Hydraulic Dynamometer Test Rig
9 Air Compressor Test Rig
10 Instruments for testing pressure, load, temperature, strain etc.
11 Instruments for measuring calorific value, flash and fire points, carbon residue etc.
12 6 Channel Graphic Recorder
13 DC Variable speed motors of 10 HP, 5 HP, and 2 HP
14 Lathe Machines – 6
15 Shaping Machines – 2
16 Drilling and grinding machines
17 Complete machine shop, bench shop, carpentry and molding tools
18 8 Row Self Propelled Paddy Transplanter
19 Self Propelled Vertical Conveyor Reapers
20 Tractor Front Mounted Reaper
21 Multicrop Thresher
22 Axial Flow Thresher
23 Power Operated Maize Sheller
24 All tractor drawn implements
25 Complete Plant Protection Equipment
26 Computers – 20
27 Printers – 10

28

 Scanner – 1
 
     
 

Research Projects Completed in the Department of Farm Machinery & Power

  
     
 

Sl. No.

Title

Principal Investigator

Budget (Rs. Laksh)

Funding Agency

Status

1

Use of alumina ceramic as a wear resistant material for soil working tools

Dr. N. Radhakrishna Murthy,
Professor

7.322

ICAR (Adhoc Research Project)

Completed 1997-2000
 
     
 

Department of Soil and Water Engineering:

  
 

Laboratories:

  
     
 

1

 Hydraulics Laboratory

2

 Surveying and leveling Laboratory
3 Soil Mechanics Laboratory
4 Field Irrigation Laboratory
5 Solar Pump Laboratory

6

 Wells and Pumps Laboratory
 
     
 

Major Equipment/Machinery Available:

  
     
 

1

 Hydraulic Flume (10m – Tilting)

2

 Hydraulic Flume (small) 2 m
3 Complete surveying equipments – 21 sets
4 Complete leveling equipments – 11 sets
5 Theodolites – 6
6 Complete Plance table Survey Equipment
7 Digital Planimeters – 2
8 Planimeters – 7
9 Cut section models of pumps, valves, pump impellers
10 Differenct types of pumps
11 Digital Anemometer
12 Current Meter
13 Automatic Water Level Indicator
14 Water Meters
15 Automatic Recording Rain Gauges
16 Manometers, Point Gauges, Parshall Flumes
17 Direct Shear Apparatus
18 Vane Shear Apparatus
19 Sieve Shakers, Moisture Meters
20 Permeability Apparatus
21 Hydraulic Compression Testing Machine
22 Plate Load Apparatus
23 Fatigue Testing apparatus
24 Torsion Testing Machine
25 Universal Testing Machine
26 Sound Level Meter
27 Penetrometers, Plastic Limit Apparatus, Shrinkage Limit apparatus
28 Solar Photovoltaic Panel
29 Drip Irrigation System with mains and sub mains
30 Motor and Pump sets

31

 Mango and Gauva Orchards with complete drip irrigation system modules
 
     
  Research Project Completed in the Department of Soil and Water Engineering  
     
 

Sl. No.

Title

Principal Investigator

Budget (Rs. Laksh

Funding Agency

Status

1

Development of an accurate water measuring device for water management

Dr. T.V. Satyanarayana
Associate Professor

4.00

ICAR Adhoc Research Project

1996-2000

2

Automation of on-Farm Irrigation Water Management System Using Baffle Sluice Irrigation Modules

Dr. T.V. Satyanarayana
Associate Professor

5.20

MOWR- INCID

1995-2000

3

Solar powered tricle irrigation system for sandy tracts of coastal Andhra Pradesh

Dr. K. Yella Reddy
Assistant Professor

6.97

INCID-MOWR

1999-2004
 
     
 

Department of Agricultural Processing and Food Engineering

  
 

Laboratories:

  
     
 

1

 Grain Processing Laboratory

2

 Food Engineering Laboratory
3 Instrumentation Laboratory
4 Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory
 
     
 

Major Equipment/Machinery Available:

  
     
 

1

 Complete Lab Model Rice Milling Equipment

2

 Computerized Food Tester
3 Tray Dryer
4 Fluidized Bed Dryer
5 Mini Flour Mill
6 Oil Expeller
7 Laboratory Willey Mill
8 Potato Slicer
9 Seed Cleaner cum Grader
10 Poly House
11 Snack Maker
12 Ovens – Vacuum 7 Hot Air type
13 Heat Exchangers – Shell, Tube, Paralled and Counter Flow Types
14 Heat Transfer Equipment
15 Different types of Conveyor, Thermometers, Anemometers
16 Refrigeration Tutor
17 Refrigerator and Ice Making Machines
18 Steaming Equipment & Water Bath
19 Moisture Meters
20 Ph Meters
21 Digital Balances
22 Turmeric Polisher and Grader
23 Dhal Mill
24 Chilli seed Extractors
25 Mini Rice Mill
26 Canning Unit
27 Micro Dial Counter
28 Pasteurizer
29 De Ioniser
30 Packaging Machine

31

 BOD Incubator
 
     
 

Activities of the Placement Center of the College:

  
     
 

1

 Conducting campus interviews for the last four years

2

 Preparation of Directory of Graduate students
3 Preparation of “REMINISCENCES” from the 1996 batch onwards
4 The latest information pertaining the opportunities in the jobs and higher studies is being regularly displayed on the notice boards
5 A comprehensive information about students of the college was prepared from the first batch onwards which contains the details of the employment particulars of the students
6 A list of organizations in which the students presently working was prepared
 
     
 

The students of this college have been recruited by

  
     
 

1

 ANGRAU and other State Agricultural Universities

2

 Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of A.P.
3 Irrigation and CAD Department of Govt. of A.P.
4 A.P. State Agro Industries Development Corporation
5 development Projects of AP Government like AP Micro-Irrigation Project
6 Tractor Manufacturing and Marketing companies (Mahindra, John Deere and Massey Ferguson etc)
7 Micro Irrigation Equipment Companies
8 Food Processing Industries
9 ITC Ltd.
10 Banks and Financial Institutions
11 Banks and Financial Institutions
12 Non-Government Organization
13 For Post Graduation in India & Abroad
 
     
 

Practical Training :

 
     
 

Taining to students in outside organization is another important activity of the college. As a part of course curriculum, the students are sent to user agencies like TAFE Escort Ltd., Central Soil and Water Conservation Research & Training Institutions at Ooty and Bellary, CIAE, Bhopal, Central Tractor Testing and Training Institutes at Budni and Garladinne, ASPEE, Mumbai, IGSI, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, IMD, Pune etc. for one month training in the application of latest technologies.

  
     
 

Students Project Work:

  
     
  The final year B.Tech (Agril. Engg.) students works on a research project assigned to a group of 2 to 3 students and submit a Dissertation report under the supervision of Faculty members of the college on various aspects in the field of Farm Machinery and Power, Agricultural Process and Food Engineering, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering and Agro Energy.  
     
 

Village Adoption Programme

  
     
  The college adopts one nearby village and helps the farmers by way of imparting training and demonstration of latest agricultural implements and machinery, processing methods and water management and micro irrigation techniques.  
     
  Achievements Made in Academic Activities:  
     
 

1
    Students of this college secured outstanding ranks in GATE examinations held in the years 2000 to 2006 which include 1st , 2nd , 4th , 7th , 14th and 25th ranks.

2
    Our students secured good ranks in JRF examinations conducted by ICAR every year which include 1st  rank also in the year 199
3
    Our students Mr. N. Ravi Babu (1993 batch) was selected in Civil Services – 2005 and allotted IRS
4
    The Irrigation and CAD department of Government of A.P. recruited 39 students of our college as Assistant Executive Engineers in the last two years.
5
    The Department of Agriculture, Government of AP recruited 34 students of our college as Agricultural Officers (Soil Conservation) so far
6
    About 20 graduates are working in Tractor Companies in R&D sectors
7
    About  25 graduates are working with the prestigious AP Micro-Irrigation Project of the Department of Horticulture of the Government of AP
8 Many graduates have been employed in IT sector in India and US having competed with graduates in IT
9
    About 25 graduates are working with ANGRAU as Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Teaching Assistants and Research Associates
10
    About 40 graduates of this college have pursued MS and PhD studies in US and other countries
 
 


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