Dr. A. Mani
Dean of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (i/c)
Email ID : deanaet@angrau.ac.in
Phone : 0863-2347102
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The faculty of Agricultural Engineering &Technology contributes to the strong base of 'Agricultural Engineering' and 'Food Technology' profession in government departments, private organizations, public sector undertakings and in universities to support the technological interventions for the development and sustainability of agriculture and horticulture. The Faculty offers B.Tech (Agril.Engg.), B.Tech (Food Technology) and also the three year diploma programme in Agricultural Engineering to develop trained manpower to undertake developmental and research programs in Agricultural Engineering and Food Technology in the state of Andhra Pradesh to cater to the following needs of agriculture and horticulture in general and the farmers in particular.
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Mechanization of Agriculture to reduce cost of cultivation and dependency on human labour and to perform all field operations including harvesting and threshing on time to increase net income to farmers.
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Technologies to cope up with water scarcity, water excess and salinity, soil erosion problems and for efficient water management, micro-irrigation and drainage systems to sustain the agriculture through efficient management of land and water resources.
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Value addition to agricultural products by efficient storage, handling and dairy, food processing and post-harvest technologies to reduce post harvest losses and to make agriculture more remunerative to farmers.
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Utilization of the energy resources efficiently in agriculture by developing technologies using the solar, wind and bio-energies.
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Design and development of agricultural structure to store and process the agricultural and horticultural products.
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Development of technologies for enhancing food preservation, processing, storage, packaging, food and nutritional security for the people, trade and business management for food products.
The details of courses offered under Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology are listed below:
Technical Officer
Dr. K. N. Raja Kumar
Technical Officer
Email : to.deanaet@angrau.ac.in
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