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Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Under this department, students are given exposures about different techniques for soil and water conservation, rainwater harvesting, degraded land reclamation,remote sensing and GIS, waste watermanagement, integrated watershed management, hydrological modeling, command area development, Etc.

The department of soil and water engineering is mainly engaged in teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Besides, UGand PGprogrammes, department also offers vocational training course on “Tools and Techniques for Rainwater Harvesting”. It offers various courses like Watershed Hydrology, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Water Harvesting and Soil Conservation Structures, Watershed Planning and Management, Remote Sensing and GISApplications etc. to the UGand PGstudents.

             The research project based on local and future needs of the farmers, field engineers and entrepreneurs are given to the final year undergraduate and postgraduate students as a part of their academic research work. Department is having GIS and Remote Sensing, Watershed, Soil and Water Conservation laboratories to provide practical knowledge to the students and also to demonstrate and organize training to farmers and field engineers, entrepreneurs etc. Many farmers, women and local peoples, NGO and others often visit the department to gain knowledge of different soil and water Conservation engineering aspects.

Department Faculty/Staff members

Sr. No.

Name

Designation

Qualification

1

Dr. M. K. Tiwari

Asstt. Professor&  HOD

PhD (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering)

2

Er. Khyati Vyas

Senior Research Assistant

M. Tech. (Soil and Water Engineering)

 

Departmental Facilities

Department is equipped with almost all instruments/facilities required to conduct the experiments/practicals as per UG/PG syllabus. Different labs and facility available in the department are:

  • Soil and Water Conservation Laboratory
  • Watershed Laboratory
  • GIS & Remote sensing laboratory
  • Field lab for soil and water conservation structures
  • Common Study Room

Achievements:

  • Department offers Ph.D, M.Tech. programs in addition to regular U.G. program
  • Active participation in training programmes, demonstrations is being organized to increase awareness about different aspects of water conservation.
  • Department also offers vocational course on “Tools and Techniques for rainwater harvesting”.

Research Activities:

AGRESCO Projects

Sr. No.

Project Title

Principal Investigator

Period

Recommendation

From

To

1.

Impact Assessment of Future Climate Change on Water Availability in the Semi-arid Middle Region of Gujarat, India.

Dr. M. K. Tiwari

2013-14

2017

 

2.

Evaluating canal scheduling approaches for optimum productivity in Panam irrigation command area

Dr. M. K. Tiwari

2014-15

2018

 

3.

Daily and monthly rainfall forecasting using extreme learning machines (ELMs), ANN with genetic algorithm (GANN) in the middle region of Gujarat.

Dr. M. K. Tiwari

2015-16

2018

 

Departmental Post Graduate Projects

Year

Ph.D. / M.Tech.

Title of thesis

2014-15

Ph.D.

Development of a distributed SCS-CN based model for predicting surface runoff from Panam sub-catchment of Mahi basin using RS and GIS

2014-15

M.Tech.

Studies on Runoff Predictions at Catchment Scale Under Ungauged Situations of Middle Gujarat Region

2014-15

M.Tech.

Evapotranspiration Modelling of Maize Crop in a Semi Arid Region of Middle Gujarat

2014-15

M.Tech.

Hydrological Modelling Of An Agricultural Watershed Using The Soil And Water Assessment Tool And Neural Networks

2015-16

M.Tech.

Experimental investigation on flow characteristics of few prototype hydraulic structures under varying discharge conditions

2015-16

M.Tech.

Development of distribution function based SUH models using GIS and remote sensing

2015-16

M.Tech.

Studying variability in observed soil infiltration rates as influenced by infiltrometers of varied configurations

2015-16

M.Tech.

Hydrological Modeling Of An Agricultural Watershed Using HEC-HMS, Remote Sensing and GIS

2016-17

M.Tech.

Comparative performance of drip and furrow irrigated  tomato crop in panchmahal district of Gujarat

2017-18

M.Tech.

Canal Based Irrigation Scheduling And Conjunctive Water Use Planning For Optimal Cropping Pattern In Selected Panam Canal Command In Panchmahal District, Gujarat

2018-19

M.Tech.

Assessment Of Combined Influence Of Drip Lateral Spacing And Irrigation Regimes On Productivity Of Maize

2018-19

M.Tech.

Investigation Towaeds Regional Rainfall Runoff Modeling On Natural Watersheds Under Paetial Gauging Conditions Of Middle Gujrat

2018-19

M.Tech.

Irrigation Scheduling Of Chilli Using Drip Irrigation

2018-19

M.Tech.

Assessment of Trends and Dominant Periodicities of Rainfall and Temperature in Panchmahal District of Middle Gujarat Region

2018-19

M.Tech.

Estimation of Reference and Crop Evapo-Transpiration in Panam Canal Command Using Remote Sensing and GIS

2019-20

M.Tech.

Validation and Irrigation Scheduling of Maize Crop by Aquacrop Model under Semi-Arid Environment of Middle Gujarat

2019-20

M.Tech.

Hydrological Modelling under Climate Change Scenarios in a Selected Watershed of Middle Gujarat

2019-20

M.Tech.

Canal Performance Evaluation In Selected PanamCommand  Areas

2019-20

M.Tech.

Evaluation of A Sensor Based Mechanism for Soil Infiltration Tests

2019-20

M.Tech.

Irrigation Scheduling of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Under Mulched Conditions In Semi Arid Region

2019-20

M.Tech.

Sediment Yield Estimation Using Spectral Mixture Modelling Technique

2019-20

M.Tech.

Development of Mathematical Model For Estimation of Wetting Front Under Drip Irrigation

2019-20

M.Tech.

Assessment of Agro-Land  Suitability for Rice And Wheat Using GIS and Remote Sensing"

Departmental Under Graduate Projects

Year

Title of thesis

2011-12

Preliminary studies on flow regimes, conveyance losses and water use efficiencies in sub-minor of SSNL command

2011-12

Investigations on variability of infiltration within natural catchments

2011-12

Performance evaluation of drip irrigation system for high value fruit crops at CAET instructional research farm, Kankanpur

2011-12

Design & development of suitable rooftop rainwater harvesting system in CAETcampus, Godhra

2011-12

Studies on water front advance, recession and infiltration under furrow irrigation

2012-13

Estimation of reference evapotranspiration using empirical equations, multiple linear regressions (MLRs), and neural network (NN) model.

2012-13

Performance evaluation of irrigation canals in the middle Gujarat region

2012-13

Impact Evaluation of water harvesting structure of  multiple utility  at Kakanpur Experiment Research from CAET, Godhra

2012-13

Rainfall-runoff modeling using HEC-HMS in a watershed in middle region of Gujarat.

2013-14

Evaluation of Irrigation-Water-Delivery System in a Major Canal Command in Central Gujarat

2013-14

Impact assessment of land use change on runoff simulation using RS & GIS

2014-15

Preliminary field studies for appraising magnitude & pattern of rainfall interception on selected natural trees at CAET,  Godhra

2014-15

Sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the Panam irrigation project of Gujarat

2014-15

Estimation of minimum and maximum air temperature using remote sensing and geographical information system over the Limkheda watershed

2015-16

Developing a simpler rainfall simulation device for generating real field runoff observation on a few orchards at CAET experimental research farm Kakanpur.

2015-16

Scheduling irrigation in selected canal command in Panchmahal district for optimum water use

2015-16

Evapotranspiration modelling using remote sensing and geo graphical information system

2016-17

Soil wetting pattern under point and line source of trickle irrigation

2016-17

Irrigation scheduling of cereal crops in panchmahal region of middle Gujarat using cropwat

2016-17

(i) Performance evaluation of Panam irrigation canal in the middle Gujarat region.(ii) Evapotranspiration modeling using remote sensing and GIS in a selected canal command area in middle Gujarat region

2017-18

Study of Moisture Distribution Pattern in Different Emitter Geometry Under Line Source Drip Irrigation System

2018-19

Assessment of Different Quality Water Impact on Soil Under Drip Irrigation

2018-19

Design and Development of Low Cost Gravity Fed Drip Irrigation Kit for Tribal Farmer

2019-20

Modelling of wetting pattern under trickle point source

Extension Activities &Training Organized:

Sr. No.

Date

Activities

Report

1

15/06/2016

જળ અને જમીન સંરક્ષણ ઈજનેરી વિભાગ દ્વારા “મકાઈની વૈજ્ઞાનિક અને નિકાસ લક્ષી ખેતી પદ્ધતિ તેમજ મૂલ્યવૃદ્ધિ” વિષય અંતગર્ત તા.૧૫/૦૬/૨૦૧૬ ના રોજ એક દિવસીય ખેડૂત તાલીમ કાર્યક્રમ યોજવામાં આવેલ.

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2

20/10/2016

જળ અને જમીન સંરક્ષણ ઈજનેરી વિભાગ દ્વારા   “ખેતીમાં પાણીનો સમજણપૂર્વક ઉપયોગ” વિષય અંતગર્ત તા.૨૦/૧૦/૨૦૧૬ ના રોજ એક દિવસીય ખેડૂત તાલીમ કાર્યક્રમ યોજવામાં આવેલ.

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3

17/01/2017 to 06/02/2017

21 days training programme/winter school on “Water and Energy Security in The Arena of Climate Change” was organized at College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, AnandAgricultural University, Godhra, sponsored by Information Technology Research Academy (ITRAWater), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, from 17th January, 2017 to 06th February, 2017.

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4

06/02/2018 to 13/02/2018

8 Days Model Training Course on “Hydrological and Crop Simulation Modeling in the Arena of Climate Change” was held during February 6-13, 2018.

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5

08/03/2018

જળ અને જમીન સંરક્ષણ ઈજનેરી વિભાગ દ્વારા   “ટપક સિંચાઈ પદ્ધતિથી પાણીનો કાર્યક્ષમ ઉપયોગ” વિષય અંતગર્ત તા. ૦૮/૦૩/૨૦૧૮ના રોજ એક દિવસીય ખેડૂત તાલીમ કાર્યક્રમ યોજવામાં આવેલ.

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6

30/10/2018

જળ અને જમીન સંરક્ષણ ઈજનેરી વિભાગ દ્વારા  “શિયાળુપાકની વૈજ્ઞાનિક ખેતી પદ્ધતિ” વિષય અંતગર્ત તા. ૩૦/૧૦/૨૦૧૮ના રોજ એક દિવસીય ખેડૂત તાલીમ કાર્યક્રમ યોજવામાં આવેલ.

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