Polytechnic in Agricultural Engineering   
Targhadia, Rajkot

OVER VIEW  
    Gujarat is one of the highly progressive and development conscious states in the country. The agricultural and the industrial development of the state are taking place at a fast rate not only due to the keen interest of the State Government but also due to the progressive and enterprising nature of the people of the state.  
   Agricultural Engineering plays a very important role in increasing production and productivity of agricultural crops, thereby, increasing the income of farmers. Also, timeliness of farm operation through efficient agricultural implements and machinery as well as appropriate land and water management activities along with efficient post-harvest technology and processing as well as efficient energy utilization are the important areas in which Agricultural Engineering profession has been playing major role.  
   Under the faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, the Government of Gujarat had sanctioned a Polytechnic in Agricultural Engineering to Junagadh Agricultural University during the year 2012-13 with the intake of 35 students. Accordingly, a Polytechnic in Agricultural Engineering has started its academic activities from the academic year 2013 at Targhadia which is about 15 km from Rajkot on N.H.27.  
   It offers various courses related to Agricultural Engineering such as Water Resources Engineering, Farm Machinery and Implements, Soil and water conservation, Post-Harvest Technology, Non-conventional Energy Sources, Agro Process Engineering, Entrepreneurship development & management, Watershed Management, Farm Power Engineering etc. to the students. The unique feature of this diploma course is industrial training of one semester (six months). It is mandatory to undergo six months industrial training for every student, as a part of curriculum which certainly develops their professional skill and also the entrepreneur outlook.  
 

The primary objective of this three year (six semesters) diploma course is to create and nourish a stimulating learning environment that ensures a globally relevant education based on Eternal human values and to provide trained man power to the educational institutes, various departments of Government, NGO and industries engaged in agro engineering.   
Besides this the institute is also to care the following objectives.   
1. To develop human resources and give exposure to the students in the field of Agricultural Engineering.  
2. To assist farmers to increase the food production and to reduce the cost of cultivation.  
3. To assist extension activities in the field of Agricultural Engineering.  
Our Mission:  
1. To be the premier institute providing quality education to the students in order to make them ideal citizens to serve the community, specially the farming community for its enrichment and advancement.  
2. To provide formal & non-formal quality education especially in the field of Agricultural Engineering to make them better professionals.  
3. To provide best quality trained Technical Man Power to the field of Agricultural Engineering Sector of Gujarat State.  
4. To achieve excellence in technical education through continuous up gradation and improvement to contribute to the well-being of human kind.  
Our Vision:  
1. Offering quality education in the Agricultural Engineering and related field to produce technical manpower as per requirement of Industry and other sectors of employment.  
2. Establishing linkage with industry and farming community for sharing resources for mutual growth and development.   
3. Promoting innovation and development for bringing improvement for technical learning processes and instructional resources development by making use of latest information technical and instructional delivery system.   
4. Promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship amongst students.

FACULTY INFORMATION:  
Name of Principal: Dr. R.M. Satasiya (Associate Professor)  
Qualification: Ph.D. (Soil and Water Engineering)  
Contact No.: 94274 46125  
Faculty/Staff Details:

 

Sr. No	Name & Designation	Qualification	Specialized subject	Contact E-mail
1.	Prof. B.B. Limbasiya Assistant Professor	M.Tech.	Soil Water Engineering	bblimbasiya@jau.in
2.	Dr. S. V. Baria Assistant Professor	Ph.D	Soil Water Engineering	svbaria@jau.in
3.	Dr. Vipal Mansuriya Assistant Professor	Ph.D	Farm Machinery and Power Engineering	vgmansuriya@jau.in
4.	Ms. J.T. Patel Sr. Research Assistant	B. Tech.	-	-
5.	Mrs. D.D. Dadhaniya Laboratory Technician	B.Sc. (Bio-chem.)	-	-
6.	Sh. N.G. Baraiya Mechanic	ITI	-	-
7.	Sh. V. V. Sumera Carpenter	ITI	-	-
8.	Sh. A.D. Upadhyay Head clerk	M.B.A	-	-
9.	Sh. Y.R. Thakar Jr. Clerk	B.E.  (Mech.)	-	-

ACADEMIC: 

Semester-wise Subjects Offered to the Students:

Course No.	Course Title	Credit Hours
FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code	Course Title	Credits (T+P=T)
AE1.1	Deeksharambh*	NG (0+2*)
AE1.2	Applied Chemistry	3(2+1)
AE1.3	Applied Mathematics	3(3+0)
AE1.4	Applied Physics	3(2+1)
AE1.5	English	2(1+1**)
AE1.6	Farming Based Livelihood Systems	3(2+1)
AE1.7	Workshop Technology and Practice	2(0+2)
AE1.8	NSS-I/NCC-I/Phy. Edu.	1(0+1)
Total Credits	17(10+7+2*)
SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code	Course Title	Credits (T+P=T)
AE2.1	Crop Production and Protection Technology	3(2+1)
AE2.2	Engineering Chemistry	2(1+1)
AE2.3	Engineering Drawing	2(0+2)
AE2.4	Engineering Mathematics	3(3+0)
AE2.5	Engineering Mechanics	2(1+1)
AE2.6	Engineering Physics	2(1+1)
AE2.7	General Microbiology	3(2+1)
AE2.8	Surveying and Levelling	3(1+2)
AE2.9	NSS-II/NCC-II/Phy. Edu.	1(0+1)
Total Credits	21(11+10)
THIRD SEMESTER
HBS-2.1.1	Engineering Mathematics - II	2+1*=03
HBS -2.1.2	Introduction to computer Web Designing and Internet Applications	1+1=02
SWE -2.1.3	Fluid Mechanics and Open Channel Hydraulics	2+1=03
SWE -2.1.4	Hydrology & Soil and Water Conservation Engineering	2+1=03
FMP -2.1.5	Thermodynamics, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning	2+1=03
FMP -2.1.6	Farm Power Engineering	2+1=03
FMP-2.1.7	Heat and Mass Transfer	2+0=02
PE-2.1.8	NSS/NCC/Phy. Edu. (Non-Credit) *
SDT-1.2.9	Skill Development Training –I (Non- Credit)*
Total Credits	13+6=19
FOURTH SEMESTER
HBS -2.2.1	Environmental Science & Disaster Management	2+1=03
SWE-2.2.2	Strength of Materials	1+1=02
SWE-2.2.3	Irrigation Technology	2+1=03
SWE-2.2.4	Ground Water and Drainage Engineering	2+1=03
FMP-2.2.5	Theory of Machines	2+0=02
FMP-2.2.6	Farm Machinery and Implements	2+1=03
PFE-2.27	Post-Harvest Technology	2+1=03
REE-2.2.8	Non-Conventional Energy Sources	2+1=03
Total Credits	15+7=22
FIFTH SEMESTER
HBS-3.1.1	Entrepreneurship Development & Business Management	2+1=03
SWE -3.1.2	Watershed Management	2+1=03
FMP-3.1.3	Farm Tractor Systems and Controls	2+1=03
PFE -3.1.4	Agricultural Process Engineering	2+1=03
PFE -3.1.5	Agricultural Structures	2+1=03
SDT-3.1.14	Skill Development Training –II (Non-Credit) *
Elective - I	2+1=03
Elective - II	2+1=03
Total Credits	14+7=21
SIXTH SEMESTER
ITP-3.2.1	Industrial Training cum Project Work	(0+18)=18
ST-3.2.2	Study tour (Non-Credit) *
Total Credits	18
Total	120
* Non Gradial course **Tutorial

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Academic Regulations 

The students admitted during academic year 2024-25

Seat No.	Enrolment No.	Name of the candidate
1	4051625001	BARIA PIYUSHKUMAR SHAILESHBHAI
2	4051625002	BHOCHIYA RAKSHIT NAGABHAI
3	4051625003	BORAD KHUSHALI SURESHBHAI
4	4051625004	BUTANI MOHAK JITENDRABHAI
5	4051625006	CHAUHAN RAJAN CHETANBHAI
6	4051625007	CHAUHAN YOGIRAJSINH JORAVARSINH
7	4051625008	CHAVDA AVAN RAMESHBHAI
8	4051625009	CHAVDA NANDANI DINESHBHAI
9	4051625010	CHOCHA BHARGAV RAMESHBHAI
10	4051625011	CHOVATIYA VRUT NAVNITBHAI
11	4051625012	CHUDASMA TEJAS ARJANBHAI
12	4051625013	GABU JAYESH KALUBHAI
13	4051625014	GADHVI MANASBHAI PRAKASHBHAI
14	4051625015	GAMETI YOGESHKUMAR DHARMENDRABHAI
15	4051625016	HADIYA BHADRESH PARESH
16	4051625017	JADEJA OMDEVSINH NIRMALSINH
17	4051625018	JALONDHARA NIKUNJ MANUBHAI
18	4051625020	KACHARA MAHAMMADMOENUDIN OSAMANGANI
19	4051625021	KAVATHIYA PRIT KHODIDAS
20	4051625022	KODAVALA NIMISHABEN MUKESHBHAI
21	4051625023	LAKHLANI JEEL JATINBHAI
22	4051625024	MAKADIYA YASH HARESHBHAI
23	4051625025	MANGROLIYA RUSHIKESH KANAIYALAL
24	4051625026	MER JITUBHAI KIRITBHAI
25	4051625027	MOKARIYA KINJAL HITESHBHAI
26	4051625028	PANSURIYA HET MAHESHBHAI
27	4051625029	PARKHIYA PURVA JITENDRABHAI
28	4051625030	PARMAR AAKANKSHA MANSINH
29	4051625031	PATEL KRUTANSH RAJNIKUMAR
30	4051625032	RADADIYA HEMAKSHI PARESHBHAI
31	4051625033	RAVALIYA ANGEL PRAKASHBHAI
32	4051625034	VADHIYA KHUSHALI HARDASBHAI
33	4051625035	VAGHELA HEMANGI JAYESHBHAI
34	4051625036	VASAVA MAYANKKUMAR JAGDISHBHAI

STUDENTS’ WELFARE ACTIVITIES: 

Hostel facilities: 

Vishvakarma boys Hostel of 150 capacity and Gargi Girl’s Hostel of 50 capacity consists of three seated rooms. The hostels are equipped with other common facilities like has R.O. water cooler, solar water heating system, recreation room and mess facilities. 

Students Representative Council:

To carry out sports, cultural and other extracurricular activities smoothly and efficiently SRC (Students Representative Council) are formed as below:

Sr.No	Name	Designation	Activities
1.	Dr. Sonal.V. Baria	Assistant Professor	Assistant Rector (Girls’ hostel), Training & Placement
2.	Dr. Vipal Mansuriya	Assistant Professor	Gymkhana Chairman
3.	Er. Jinisha Patel	Sr. Research Assistant	NSS Officer, Scholarship Advisor

Prevention of Ragging in the Polytechnic: 

The Anti-Ragging committee has been formed for prohibition of ragging in the Polytechnic. It works as per the guidelines and directions of Hon’ble Supreme court. 

Gymkhana Activities: 

Following activities were carried out under Gymkhana: 

1. Number of students of this polytechnic participated in Inter- Polytechnic sport meet at Junagadh are given below:

 

S.N.	Year	Name of the meet	No. of participant
1.	2024-25	100 metre Race	2 (Boys)
		200 metre Race	2 (Boys)
		400 metre Relay Race	4 (Boys)
		Long Jump	2 (Boys)
		Shot put	2 (Boys)
		Disc Throw	2 (Boys)
		Chess	2 (Boys)
		Badminton	3 (Boys) + 3 (Girls)
		Volley ball	12 (Boys)
2.	2025	Table Tennis	3 (Boys)
		Chess	2 (Boys) + 1 (Girl)
		Badminton	3 (Boys) + 3 (Girls)
		Kho-Kho	12 (Boys)
		Volleyball	12 (Boys)

 

2. Celebration of Pre-independence Day 

Poster making and essay writing competitions were organized with themes related to Independence Day. Total 30 students participated in it. 

3. Sports day celebration 

Presentations were done by students on important games played in our country. Various indigenous sport were played by the students of polytechnic like: lemon spoon, tug-of-war, kabbadi etc. to celebrate National Sports day. 

Training and placement: 

Training and Placement cell is functioning in the college for providing skill development training and guiding placement of outgoing students. Most of the students opted for higher studies after completion of degree. Following industry provided training to the students during 2024-25:

No.	Name of organization offered training
1	Captain Polyplast, Rajkot.
2	Captain Tractor, Rajkot.
3.	Greenlend Reaper Binder Company, At Jayva, Morbi
4.	Ancora Foods LIP, Dist: Morbi
5.	Shyam Oil industries, Porbandar