Why Agricultural Engineering at NIT

• The Department has been equipped with state of the art laboratory facilities such as Crop husbandry, Soil science, Operation and maintenance of farm machinery, Post harvest engineering and Irrigation Field lab for equipping students with desired practical skills which are high in demand.
• Department is provided with 5 acres of farm land for the research and extension activity of both faculty and students.
• The Department has Faculty members specialized in the areas of farm machinery, post harvesting engineering, soil and water conservation engineering and renewable energy and are technically sound in their specialized areas which is the backbone for the skill development of the student community.
• The department regularly organizes skill enriching activities for making students meet the current industrial requirements and also conducts workshops, seminars, conferences to keep the faculty and student community abreast about the latest developments in the field.
• Beyond the classroom hours students have been provided with technical exposure about the latest techniques through value added courses such as Precision farming, Waste management, Internet of Things and Vermicomposting.
• The Department has signed MoU with leading agricultural industries for knowledge and skill up gradation of students for making them highly dominant in submitting project proposals to TNSTC, MSME and TNSI.