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Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Department of IDE established since 2017 to incorporate the Recommendation given by Fifth Denas' committee (ICAR) regarding the strengthening of teaching and research in the direction of latest irrigation techniques and drainage problem of the agricultural field for improving the water productivity. This Department is mainly engaged in teaching to undergraduate and post graduate students. 
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 Irrigation Laboratory and Drainage Laboratory to provide practical knowledge to the students and 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 engineering aspects.

Department Faculty/Staff members

Sr. No.

Name

Designation

Qualification

1

Er. Arvind Kunapara

Asstt. Professor & HOD

M. Tech. (Soil and Water Engineering)

2

Er. Rajesh S. Godhani

Senior Research Assistant

M. Tech. (Farm Machinery & PowerEngineering)

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:

  • Irrigation Engineering Laboratory
  • Drainage Engineering Laboratory
  • Irrigation & Drainage Simulation
  • Laboratory Field Laboratory
  • UG and PG Classroom
  • Common Study Room 

Achivements:

  • Department offers Ph.D, M.Tech programs in addition to regular U.G. program
  • Active participation in training programmes, demonstrations are being organized to increase awareness about different aspects of water resource and irrigation management.
  • Department also conduct different institutional and sponsored research projects
 
Course Title with Credit Load
B.Tech. in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Course Number

Course Title

Credit Hours

IDE-2.4.7

Irrigation Engineering

3(2+1)

IDE-2.4.8

Sprinkler and Micro Irrigation Systems

2(1+1)

IDE-3.5.7

Drainage Engineering

2(1+1)

IDE-3.6.5

Ground Water, Wells and Pumps

3(2+1)

IDE-4.8.5

Management of Canal Irrigation System

3(2+1)

IDE-4.8.6

Minor Irrigation and Command Area

Development

3(2+1)

IDE-4.8.7

Precision Farming Techniques for Protected

Cultivation

3(2+1)

IDE-4.8.8

Water Quality and Management Measures

3(2+1)

IDE-4.8.9

Landscape Irrigation Design and Management

3(2+1)

Course Title with Credit Load
M.Tech in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
 

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

IDE 501

Design of Surface Irrigation Systems

2+1

IDE 502

Design of Farm Drainage Systems

2+1

IDE 503

Command Area Management

2+1

IDE 504

Water and Nutrient Management Under Protected

2+1

IDE 505

Design of Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation Systems

2+1

IDE 506

Ground Water Engineering

2+1

IDE 507

Remote Sensing and GIS for Land and Water Resource

2+1

IDE 508

Waste Water Management and Utilization in Agriculture

2+1

IDE 509

Water Conveyance and Distribution

2+1

IDE 510

Minor Irrigation

2+1

IDE 511

Design of Pumps for Irrigation and Drainage

2+0

IDE 512

Crop Environmental Engineering

2+0

IDE 513

Water Resources Systems Engineering

2+1

IDE 514

Irrigation Economics, Planning and Management

2+0

IDE 515

Sensing and Automation in Irrigation Systems

3+0

IDE 591

Seminar

0+1

Course Title with Credit Load
Ph.D.in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
 

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

IDE 601

Recent Developments in Irrigation Engineering

2+1

IDE 602

Advances in Drainage Engineering

2+1

IDE 603

Hydro-Mechanics and Ground Water Modeling

3+0

IDE 604

Soil-Water-Plant-Atmospheric Modeling

2+1

IDE 605

Plant Growth Modeling and Simulation

2+0

IDE 606

Multi Criteria Decision Making System

2+0

IDE 691

Seminar-I

0+1

IDE 692

Seminar-II

0+1

Research Activities:

AGRESCO Projects

 

Sr. No.

Project Title

Principal Investigator

Period

Recommendation

From

To

1.

Estimation of evapotranspiration using MODIS and Landsat-8 dataset in a selected semi-arid region of middle Gujarat.

Dr. M. K. Tiwari

2018

2020

Recommended for Scientific community

2.

Forecast of Monthly Drought Indices (SPI and SPEI) in Middle Gujarat

Dr. M. K. Tiwari

2020

2022

Recommended for Scientific community

Departmental Post Graduate Projects

 

Name of Students

Title of thesis

Er. Nikunj Chauhan

M.Tech Thesis

(Reg. No.: 2050718008)

(2018-2021): Development and evaluation of artificial intelligence based self-executing system for drip irrigation

 Sanjay Parmar,

Ph.D Thesis

(Reg. No.: 1050718008)

(2018-2022): Assessment of crop water requirement using remote sensing and GIS for Panchmahal region

 

Departmental Under Graduate Projects

 

Year

Title of thesis

2017-2018

Performance evaluation of distributories under Panam canal command in the Middle Gujarat region

2018-2019

(i) Geomorphologic analysis of a watershed using remote sensing and GIS in middle gujarat region

(ii) Rainfall-runoff simulation modelling using artificial neural network and GIS

(iii) Performance evaluation of distributaries under Panam canal command in the middle Gujarat region

2019-2020

Estimation of actual evapotranpiration in Panam Canal command using remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS)

 

Extension Activities & Training Organized:

 

Sr. No.

Date

Activities

Report

1

14/08/2018

 (One Day Training)

એક દિવાસીય ખેડૂત તાલીમ જળસ્ત્રાવ નાં વ્યવસ્થાપન નાં જળસંચય અને જળસંચય માટેનાં સ્ટ્રાક્ચરોની મરામત

 

2

30/12/2019

(One Day Training)

Basics of Statistical & Mathematical modelling using Origin professional 2020 software.

 

 

 
 
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