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Courses » Irrigation and Drainage

Irrigation and Drainage

ABOUT THE COURSE:

"Agricultural engineering has been applying scientific principles for the optimal use of natural resources in agricultural production for the benefit of humankind. This particular course deals with application of both irrigation and drainage principles in agriculture for achieving profitable crop production with minimal environmental implications. This is one of the core courses of Agricultural Engineering program recommended for under graduate and graduate students. In this course we will focus on soil- water-plant-atmosphere relationship, crop water requirement, irrigation scheduling, irrigation water conveyance, measurement of irrigation water, water application methods, irrigation systems design and their performance evaluation, drainage of agricultural lands, management of salt affected soils, performance evaluation of drainage systems, ground water hydrology, irrigation wells and water-lifting devices-pumps. It involves weekly quizzes, in-class numerical problem solving, assignments and class tests."

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Final Exam (in-person, invigilated, currently conducted in India) is mandatory for Certification and has INR Rs. 1100 as exam fee

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INTENDED AUDIENCE:
Agricultural Engineering/Agricultural Sciences

CORE/ELECTIVE: Core

UG/PG: UG

PREREQUISITES: An introductory background in chemistry, physics and Maths (calculus) will be needed

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: All irrigation based companies

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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:



"Dr. D.R. Mailpalli graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Kharagpur with a Ph.D degree in 2007. After having 6 years of postdoctoral research experience from the U.S. universities (UC-Davis and UW-Madison), Dr. Mailapalli joined as a faculty at IIT-Kharagpur in 2013. Since then he has been teaching On-farm water management (theory and lab), Tube wells and pumps, Surface water hydrology and Non-point source pollution control and management at UG and PG level. His research interests are in agricultural water management, irrigation hydraulics, sediment and nutrients transport and non-point source pollution. He has published more than 30 research articles and 20 conference papers, volunteered as a reviewer for more than 30 research papers."

COURSE LAYOUT:

Week 1  :  Soil-Water-Plant-Atmosphere Relationship, Quiz-1, Problem set1
Week 2  :  Crop Water Requirement and Irrigation Scheduling, Quiz-2, Problem set2
Week 3  :  Irrigation Water Conveyance and Measurement of Irrigation Water, Quiz-3, Problem set3
Week 4  :  Water Application Methods, Quiz-4, Problem set4
Week 5  :  Irrigation Systems Design-1, Quiz-5, Problem set5
Week 6  :  Irrigation Systems Design-2; class test, Quiz-6, Problem set6, Class test 1
Week 7  :  Performance Evaluation of Irrigation System, Quiz-7, Problem set7
Week 8  :  Drainage of Agricultural Lands, Quiz-8, Problem set8  
Week 9  :  Management of Salt affected soils, Quiz-9, Problem set9
Week 10  :Performance Evaluation of Drainage Systems, Quiz-10, Problem set10 
Week 11  : Ground Water Hydrology, Quiz-11, Problem set11
Week 12  : Irrigation wells and Water-lifting devices-pumps; Quiz-12, Problem set12, Class test-2  

SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:

Irrigation & Drainage Eng., by Peter Waller and Muluneh Yitayew, Springer.
Fundamentals of Irrig. & On-farm Water Manage.: Vol 1 by M.H. Ali, Springer
Practices of Irrig. & On-farm Water Manage.: Volume 2, by M.H. Ali, Springer
Irrigation: Theory and practice by A.M. Michael, Vikas Publishing 
CERTIFICATION EXAM :
  • The exam is optional for a fee.
  • Date and Time of Exam: October 28, 2018 (Sunday): 
  • Time of Exams: Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm.
  • Exam for this Course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions.
  • Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
  • The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.

CERTIFICATE:

  • Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
  • 25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of  Best 8 out of 12 assignments
  • E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur.It will be e-verifiable at http://nptel.ac.in/noc/