The Department of Agricultural Process Engineering is mainly engaged in teaching to Under Graduate and Post Graduate students. It offers various courses like Drying and Dehydration, Heat and Mass Transfer, Transport Phenomena in Food Processing, Engineering Properties of Biological Materials and Food Quality, Agricultural Structures and Environment Control, Dairy and Food Engineering, Food Packaging Technology, Crop Process Engineering, Development of Processed Products and Equipments, Advance Food Process Engineering, Farm buildings and Environmental Control, Processing of, Cereals, Pulses and Oil Seeds, Electronics and Instrumentation, Engineering Chemistry to the UG and PG students.

The research project based on local and future needs of the farmers and entrepreneurs are given to the final year under graduate and postgraduate students as a part of their academic research work. Department is having Drying and Storage, Agricultural Process Engineering, Post Harvest Technology, Physics, Chemistry, Instrumentation Laboratories to provide practical knowledge and also to demonstrate and organize training to farmers, entrepreneurs etc.  Many farmers, women and local peoples, NGO and others often visit the department to gain knowledge of processing technology. The working principle and its usefulness of the machines, equipments are demonstrated to the visitors. They are also familiarized with the new developments like agricultural processing of grains, different storage techniques, cleaning and grading machines and different type of mills and dryers.

The processing department participates in Agricultural Fares, Exhibitions, and Farmers day organized by Universities or State Governments or other agencies and arranges the demonstration of processing Technologies etc. to the farmers. The Senior and experienced Scientists/professor are delivering lectures on the special topics related to the post harvest handling / management, value addition etc. in the short term training programmes arranged by the college/university/state government for the benefits of the farmers, technicians and rural youths. 

MANDATE

• Teaching of agricultural process engineering subjects to under Graduate and Post Graduate students.
• Development of value added products from various fruits, vegetables and other crops grown in tribal region
• Popularization of home scale agricultural processing through literature, mass media and live demonstration.
• Transfer of developed technologies in the field of agricultural process engineering and post harvest technology to the farmers of tribal region.

MAJOR ACTIVITES OF THE DEPARTMENT

1. ACADEMIC/TECHING:

The faculties of the department are engaged in teaching of the following UG and PG courses:   

• Drying and Dehydration
• Heat and Mass Transfer
• Transport Phenomena in Food Processing
• Engineering Properties of Biological Materials and Food Quality
• Agricultural Structures and Environment Control
• Dairy and Food Engineering
• Food Packaging Technology
• Crop Process Engineering
• Development of Processed Products and Equipments
• Advance Food Process Engineering
• Farm buildings and Environmental Control
• Processing of Cereals, Pulses and Oil Seeds
• Fruits and Vegetables Process Engineering
• Electronics and Instrumentation
• Neural networks
• Engineering Chemistry

ACADEMIC FACILITIES:

            Department having academic facilities like High tech (Multimedia, Overhead projector, AC), fully furnished 3^rd year UG classroom, advanced laboratories, common meeting room, etc.

Name of Laboratories:

1. Agricultural Process Engineering Lab
2. Drying and Storage Engineering Lab
3. Post Harvest Technology Lab
4. Physics Lab
5. Chemistry Lab
6. Instrumentation Lab

Photographs of Laboratory Machinery/Equipments:

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: