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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
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Sr. No. |
Name |
Designation |
Qualification |
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1 |
Dr. M. K. Tiwari |
Asstt. Professor& HOD |
PhD (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering) |
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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
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Sr. No. |
Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
Period |
Recommendation |
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From |
To |
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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 |
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2. |
Evaluating canal scheduling approaches for optimum productivity in Panam irrigation command area |
Dr. M. K. Tiwari |
2014-15 |
2018 |
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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 |
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Departmental Post Graduate Projects
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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 |
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2014-15 |
M.Tech. |
Studies on Runoff Predictions at Catchment Scale Under Ungauged Situations of Middle Gujarat Region |
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2014-15 |
M.Tech. |
Evapotranspiration Modelling of Maize Crop in a Semi Arid Region of Middle Gujarat |
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2014-15 |
M.Tech. |
Hydrological Modelling Of An Agricultural Watershed Using The Soil And Water Assessment Tool And Neural Networks |
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2015-16 |
M.Tech. |
Experimental investigation on flow characteristics of few prototype hydraulic structures under varying discharge conditions |
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2015-16 |
M.Tech. |
Development of distribution function based SUH models using GIS and remote sensing |
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2015-16 |
M.Tech. |
Studying variability in observed soil infiltration rates as influenced by infiltrometers of varied configurations |
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2015-16 |
M.Tech. |
Hydrological Modeling Of An Agricultural Watershed Using HEC-HMS, Remote Sensing and GIS |
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2016-17 |
M.Tech. |
Comparative performance of drip and furrow irrigated tomato crop in panchmahal district of Gujarat |
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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 |
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2018-19 |
M.Tech. |
Assessment Of Combined Influence Of Drip Lateral Spacing And Irrigation Regimes On Productivity Of Maize |
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2018-19 |
M.Tech. |
Investigation Towaeds Regional Rainfall Runoff Modeling On Natural Watersheds Under Paetial Gauging Conditions Of Middle Gujrat |
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2018-19 |
M.Tech. |
Irrigation Scheduling Of Chilli Using Drip Irrigation |
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2018-19 |
M.Tech. |
Assessment of Trends and Dominant Periodicities of Rainfall and Temperature in Panchmahal District of Middle Gujarat Region |
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2018-19 |
M.Tech. |
Estimation of Reference and Crop Evapo-Transpiration in Panam Canal Command Using Remote Sensing and GIS |
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2019-20 |
M.Tech. |
Validation and Irrigation Scheduling of Maize Crop by Aquacrop Model under Semi-Arid Environment of Middle Gujarat |
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2019-20 |
M.Tech. |
Hydrological Modelling under Climate Change Scenarios in a Selected Watershed of Middle Gujarat |
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2019-20 |
M.Tech. |
Canal Performance Evaluation In Selected PanamCommand Areas |
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2019-20 |
M.Tech. |
Evaluation of A Sensor Based Mechanism for Soil Infiltration Tests |
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2019-20 |
M.Tech. |
Irrigation Scheduling of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Under Mulched Conditions In Semi Arid Region |
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2019-20 |
M.Tech. |
Sediment Yield Estimation Using Spectral Mixture Modelling Technique |
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2019-20 |
M.Tech. |
Development of Mathematical Model For Estimation of Wetting Front Under Drip Irrigation |
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2019-20 |
M.Tech. |
Assessment of Agro-Land Suitability for Rice And Wheat Using GIS and Remote Sensing" |
Departmental Under Graduate Projects
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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 |
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2011-12 |
Performance evaluation of drip irrigation system for high value fruit crops at CAET instructional research farm, Kankanpur |
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2011-12 |
Design & development of suitable rooftop rainwater harvesting system in CAETcampus, Godhra |
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2011-12 |
Studies on water front advance, recession and infiltration under furrow irrigation |
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2012-13 |
Estimation of reference evapotranspiration using empirical equations, multiple linear regressions (MLRs), and neural network (NN) model. |
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2012-13 |
Performance evaluation of irrigation canals in the middle Gujarat region |
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2012-13 |
Impact Evaluation of water harvesting structure of multiple utility at Kakanpur Experiment Research from CAET, Godhra |
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2012-13 |
Rainfall-runoff modeling using HEC-HMS in a watershed in middle region of Gujarat. |
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2013-14 |
Evaluation of Irrigation-Water-Delivery System in a Major Canal Command in Central Gujarat |
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2013-14 |
Impact assessment of land use change on runoff simulation using RS & GIS |
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2014-15 |
Preliminary field studies for appraising magnitude & pattern of rainfall interception on selected natural trees at CAET, Godhra |
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2014-15 |
Sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the Panam irrigation project of Gujarat |
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2014-15 |
Estimation of minimum and maximum air temperature using remote sensing and geographical information system over the Limkheda watershed |
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2015-16 |
Developing a simpler rainfall simulation device for generating real field runoff observation on a few orchards at CAET experimental research farm Kakanpur. |
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2015-16 |
Scheduling irrigation in selected canal command in Panchmahal district for optimum water use |
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2015-16 |
Evapotranspiration modelling using remote sensing and geo graphical information system |
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2016-17 |
Soil wetting pattern under point and line source of trickle irrigation |
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2016-17 |
Irrigation scheduling of cereal crops in panchmahal region of middle Gujarat using cropwat |
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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 |
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2017-18 |
Study of Moisture Distribution Pattern in Different Emitter Geometry Under Line Source Drip Irrigation System |
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2018-19 |
Assessment of Different Quality Water Impact on Soil Under Drip Irrigation |
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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:
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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. |
