Why Agricultural Engineering at SIET

1. The students of all the departments are sent for industrial trainings and also for industrial visits in engineering based companies.

2. The graduates get placements in these industries during their final year.

3. The Department organizes a number of events to build the employability and entrepreneurial traits in our students. “Velaan Thiruvizha” – Agri Fest is conducted every year in the campus.

4. MoUs for industrial visit and training with the following reputed organizations for the Department of Agriculture Engineering

Unique Facilities

1. The students of all the departments are sent for industrial trainings and also for industrial visits in engineering based companies.

2. The graduates get placements in these industries during their final year.

3. MoUs for industrial visit and training with the following reputed organizations for the Department of Agriculture Engineering.

4. Eminent Professors with more than 30 years of teaching experience.

5. Development of technical skills to make the Innovative Products with option of Patent.

6. Industry oriented rich curriculum, supported with subject wise industrial visits, engineering exploration labs, skills development courses and internships

Achievements

1. During the past years, the department has organised a number of events to build the employability and entrepreneurial traits in our students.

2. “VelaanThiruvizha” – Agri Fest is conducted every year in the campus. Every Year, more than 100 stalls were arranged for the Agri Fest and around 3000 visitors visited the festival.

3. The students are given relevant trainings in national level institutes/ industries. A few of them includes Farm Machinery Testing and Training Institute at Ananthapur and Hisar, The Dhan Foundation at Madurai, Soil and Water Conservation Research Institute at Ooty, Farms of National Seeds Corporation at Raichur, Suratgarh and Hisar, Escorts Training and Development Center at Bengaluru and JCB Training Center at Kovai Road.

Placements

Alumni Corner

We have strong Alumni Team. They are involved in the following activities

1. Giving sessions on latest technologies

2. Acted as a reviewers in the project work

3. Refer the students to top companies through Employ referral programs

4. Mentoring the students

Department Stories

Vision

Educating and empowering the students to become successful agricultural engineers and entrepreneurs to elicit research capability that applies science and technology to enhance agricultural productivity, farm mechanization, irrigation engineering, conservation of water, energy and post-harvest handling and value addition with a sound knowledge of agricultural principles.

Mision

• M1: To train and prepare the students with general knowledge and expertise in the fields of agricultural sciences, soil and water conservation, post-harvest technology and agro energy.
• M2: To set up the required facilities in the laboratories to satisfy the needs of industry and R&D.
• M3: To build expertise on the different facets of agricultural engineering to make graduates grow as entrepreneurs, scientists, educators and sustainable food production technologists which meet the food needs of the ever-increasing population of our country.

Programme Educational Objectives

• PEO1: Acquire basic knowledge required for the industries connected with micro irrigation, tractor manufacture, agricultural machinery manufacture, food processing and water management.
• PEO2: Attain and practice technical skills to pursue higher studies in India and abroad in different disciplines of Agricultural Engineering.
• PEO3: Imbibe practical skills and real time problem solving capabilities to enable them to become entrepreneurs.
• PEO4: Gain sound knowledge in the emerging trends such as IT, IoT, ICT so as to enable them to apply their knowledge in robotics, automation and smart farming systems to achieve higher crop productivity.
• PEO5: Develop confidence for appearing in various competitive examinations such as UPSC, TNPSC and banks examinations so that the students become technocrats and administrators.

Programme Specific Outcomes

• PSO1: Professional skills : To ensure education necessary to understand agriculture engineering solutions in global and social context to improve agriculture.
• PSO2: Problem solving skills : To have the ability to solve complex problems related to farm mechanization, soil and water conservation, post harvest technology, renewable and non-renewable resource technologies, landscape architecture and modern irrigation techniques.

Faculty Profile

Curriculum

2019 - Regulation: Curriculum & Syllabi

• REGULATIONS 2019

Placements

2015 Batch