College Of Agricultural Engineering and Technology,JAU

The Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU) was established on February 1, 1972 under the Gujarat Agricultural University Act, Act No. 13 of 1969 of the Government of Gujarat. The section 29 of the Act and the Statute 31 of GAU Statutes indicated the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology as one of the faculties of the university. The Academic Council of the Gujarat Agricultural University appointed the Committee on Agricultural Engineering and Technology in August, 1973 under the Chairmanship of Dr. J. S. Patel (Chairman), Member, Board of Management, GAU with the committee members as Prof. A. C. Pandya, Director (Engg.), NDDB, Anand; Dr. B. Pathak, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, PAU, Ludhiana; Shri N. C. Shah, Member, Board of Management, GAU; Dr. S. M. Patel, Director, Cooperative Management Institute, Ahmedabad; Shri. L. G. Thakkar, Research Engineer, College of Agriculture, Junagadh; Shri U. S. Shah (Convener), Professor of Dairy Engineering, Dairy Science College, Anand. The Committee submitted its report titled REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY which has been published by the GAU in 1978. It recommended a plan of action consisting of

staffing pattern
teaching, research and advisory services and
training programmes, etc.
It recommended that the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering should have following departments:

Farm Engineering at Junagadh.
Soil and Water Engineering at Navsari,
Rural Engineering at Sardarkrushinagar
Agricultural Process Engineering at Anand.
Further, it suggested that after the proper development of the above departments, which would take about 5 years, a College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology should be established. The Gujarat Agricultural University developed the discipline of Agricultural Engineering on the lines recommended by the above Committee and established the four departments as suggested with the assistance of ICAR during 1978 onwards. The Board of Management of the Gujarat Agricultural University, at its 94th meeting held on 12th January, 1988 at Ahmedabad appointed a High Power Committee for development of the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (CAET) at Junagadh. The committee consisted of Prof. A. C. Pandya (Chairman), Former Head, Agril. Engg. Dept., IIT, Kharagpur and the members like Shri. Maganbhai P. Patel, Board Member, GAU ; Dr. K. N. Nag, President, ISAE ; Dr. T. P. Ojha, DDG (Engg.), ICAR ; Dr. A. Alam, ADG (Engg.), ICAR ; Shri. B. J. Jadeja / Shri. N. R. Patel, Campus Director, GAU, Junagadh; and Shri. R. J. Patel, Registrar, GAU. The terms of reference of the High Power Committee were to review the existing academic programme and to make recommendations for improvements in the following aspects:

Curriculum and syllabi along with details of the degree, duration etc.
Infrastructural facilities of the College building, laboratories, equipments and faculty, hostels etc.
Agricultural Engineering Research and Extension for development of agriculture in the Gujarat State.
The committee submitted a voluminous report in Dec., 1990 giving all the details desired. The Board of Management of GAU appreciated the report submitted by the High Power Committee and accepted as such for further necessary action. In view of this report, the syllabi for B. Tech. (Agril. Engg.) programme were revised by the university and several other recommendations regarding building, (Total Built-up area for college 17671.56 sq.m) laboratories, manpower, instructional farm, etc. were implemented for strengthening the UG Programme of education.

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.

The College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology is one of the Constituent colleges of the Junagadh Agricultural University. The Junagadh Agricultural University came into existence after the bifurcation of the Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU) with effect from May 1, 2004. The GAU was established on February 1, 1972 under the Gujarat Agricultural University Act, Act No. 13 of 1969 of the Government of Gujarat.

Under the faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology came into existence in March-April, 1984 at Junagadh Campus of Gujarat Agricultural University (Now Junagadh Agricultural University). The college offers B. Tech. (Agri. Engg.), M. Tech. (Agril. Engg.) and Ph. D. in Discipline of Soil and Water Engineering, Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Processing and Food Engineering and Renewable Energy Engineering.

The College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology has been accredited by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi and also accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)(2008 to 2013) , New Delhi and Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata.

College is located in the heart of Junagadh city at about 4 km from Railway Station and 3 km from S.T. Bus Station. The college has 6 ha land including the land occupied by the building. The total building area is about 14000 sq.m. In addition to this, an instructional farm of about 34 ha is maintained with modern agricultural machinery and implements for UG & PG Students and demonstration for the farmers. The college has well developed laboratories, modern class rooms, and computer laboratory and seminar halls. LAN Internet connectivity to all the departments, labs, library and wifi facility to the students. The other aminities provided to the students are well-equipped boys' and girls' hostels, international hostel for international students, , Mess, Canteen, Training and Placement cell, Student Counseling, NSS, Health Services, Sports and games. The Alumni Association is working to serve as global terrace for all the alumni to meet and interact for the development of the profession so as to serve the nation in related matters.