Agricultural Process Engineering

The department of Agril. Process Engineering has been established in 1982. The post graduate programmes (M. Tech. Agril. Engg.) started from the year 1984-85 in addition to teaching of all courses of B. Tech (Agril Engg) programme. Also, a doctoral programme has been introduced from 2008-09.

The department has unique importance since establishment in Faculty of Agricultural Engineering. Till todate 40 M. Tech. student have been completed their degree and are well placed in various reputated organization like educational institutes, Food Processing Industries, Seed Processing Industries and Civil Services.

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To develop location and crop/commodity specific post-harvest technologies for minimization of quantitative and qualitative losses to produce of agriculture and allied sectors.
To adapt and develop improved post-harvest processes and equipment for value addition to food grains and other produce at rural threshold for higher income and generation of rural employment.
To develop processes and equipment for economic utilization on bio-wastes and by-products.
To conduct operational research and multi-location trials on developed technologies to identify technical, financial, managerial and social constraints for better market acceptability to technologies.
To establish need based Agro-Processing Centres (APCs) to assure better economic returns to the farmers from their marketable surpluses in the production catchments.
To assess, refine and transfer proven technologies.

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Infrastructure Facilities

Sr.No.	Laboratory / Facility	Size (m x m)
1	Post Harvest Engineering and Technology Lab	12.0 x 10.0
2	Food Microbiology Lab	6.0 x10.0
3	Biochemistry Lab	6.0 x 90.0
4	Post Harvest Engineering & Technology workshop	24.0 x 9.0
5	PHET Exhibition Hall	21.0 x 8.0
6	Value chain on pulses pilot plant	15.0 x 12.0
7	Oil processing unit	6.0 x 10.0

Post Harvest Engineering and Technology Laboratory

S. N.	Laboratories (m x m)	Facilities
1.	Post Harvest Engineering and Technology Laboratory (12.00 x 10.00)	Texture analyser, Spray dryer Tray dryer Hot air oven0 Shrink Wrapping machine Texture analyzer Spray dryer Tray dryer Hot air oven Shrink Wrapping machine Precise weighing balance
2.	Food Microbiology laboratory (6.00 x 10.00)	Inoculation chamber Abbe refractometer BOD incubator Laminar flow Binocular research microscope Trinocular microscope Flask shaking machine Juicer grinder/mixer Sterscopic microscope Digital balance Microwave oven Refrigerator Hot water bath Digital moisture meter. Digital refractometer Vortex machine Small tabletop centrifuge Centrifuge
3.	Biochemistry laboratory (6.00 x 10.00)	Chemical basket centrifuge Spectrophotometer Type 106 Refrigerator Vortex mixer Hot Plate Top loaded Spectrophotometer Magnetic stirrer Muffle furnace Heat sealer O2/CO2 Analyser Centrifuge Vaccum oven with vaccum pump Deep freeze
4.	Post Harvest Engineering & Technology workshop (24.00 x 9.00)	Plasma Cutting Machine Professional Cordless Impact Wrench CO2 Welding Machine Pipe Bending Machine Tig Welding Machine Grinder (Bench) Grinder (Hand operated), Drill machine (2), Power Hacksaw (2), Hand operated sheet shearing machine Peddle operated sheet shearing machine Sheet pressing machine Welding machine Bending machine (small) Bending machine (Big) Air Compressor Pipe Cutter machine Hand Cutter machine Gas cutter Welding machine (3 phase ) Welding machine (2 phase ) Portable Welding machine (1 phase ) Lathe machine (12feet) Lawn cutter
5.	PHET Exhibition Hall (21.00 x 8.00)	PKV Cleaner grader polisher PKV Cleaner grader PKV mini dal mill 3 HP (Three nos.) PKV mini dal mill 5 HP PKV Screw polisher (double stage) PKV Screw polisher PKV Animal Feed Mill PKV Loading unloading device PKV Green pod shelling machine PKV Green pod stripper UV treatment device for Nagpur mandarin PDKV wet red chilli seed extractor PDKV Sorghum hurda machine PKV Green pod shelling machine (modified) PDKV vegetable multi seed extractor PKV Turmeric washer PKV Continues Hot Air Puffing machine PKV Onion Seed Extractor PKV Chilli Seed Extractor PKV Hand operated turmeric polisher PKV Buff Polisher PKV Fruit grader (First) PKV Integrated mini dal mill (3 hp) Ripening chamber PKV Tutty fruity pilot plant PKV Turmeric slicer PDKV Ajwain and fennel seed extractor PDKV Onion grader PDKV loading/unloading device PDKV small loading/unloading device Tray Dryer PDKV portable grain cleaner cum grader PDKV mini besan mill PDKV tractor operated mobile soybean dryer PDKV spoiled onion detection device PDKV UV-Assisted treatment device
6.	Value chain on pulses pilot plant (15.00 x12.00)	PKV Mini Dal mill PKV cleaner grader PDKV Gravity separator PDKV waste fired dryer PDKV Lathyrus Dal mill Storage bin Besan mill Papad making machine PDKV Wheat cleaning unit PDKV Animal feed pallet machine Bucket Elevator
7.	Oil processing unit (6.00 x 10.00)	Oil extraction machine Boiler Filtration unit Weighing balance