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FINAL REPORT
National Agricultural Innovation Project(Indian Council of Agricultural Research)
Development of e-courses for B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) degree program
ICAR
Anand Agricultural University
Anand
2014
FINAL REPORT
National Agricultural Innovation Project(Indian Council of Agricultural Research)
Anand Agricultural UniversityAnand 388 110
2014
Development of e-courses for B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) degree program
Printed on : June, 2014
Component : I
Citation : D.C. Joshi and R. F. Sutar, 2014. Final Report of NAIP sub-project Development of e-courses for B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering) degree program, Anand Agricultural University, Anand.
Copyright : © Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. All rights reserved. Reproduction of material in this report for educational or other non-commercial purposes is permitted pro-vided the source is fully acknowledged.
Disclaimer : The information presented herein is contribution of the consor-tia.
Published by : Consortia Partners1. Anand Agricultural University, Anand2. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 3. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana4. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Edited by : Dr. D. C. Joshi and Dr. R. F. Sutar
Other Credits : Please see list of contributors
Cover page photo-graphs
: Screenshot of e-Course web portal
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Printed at: Asian Printeries, Opp. Talati Hall, Raipur, Ahmedabad -1.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Dr. D. C. Joshi, Dean,
College of Food Processing Technology & Bioenergy,
Anand Agricultural University, Anand 388 110, Gujarat
Dr. K.N. Tiwari, Professor (SWC)
Dept. of Agricultural & Food Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur - 721302
Dr. Jaskaran Singh Mahal Research Engineer,
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering
& Additional Director of Research
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Dr. S. Santhana Bosu Professor,
Dept of Soil Water Engineering
College of Agricultural Engineering & Research
Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore
Dr. R. F. Sutar Professor & Head
Dept. of Post Harvest Engineering & Technology
College of Food Processing Technology & Bioenergy,
Anand Agricultural University, Anand 388 110, Gujarat
Dr. R Vishwanathan Professor,
Dept of Processing and Food Engineering
College of Agricultural Engineering & Research
Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore
Dr. M. K. Jha Professor (SWC)
Dept. of Agricultural & Food Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur – 721302
Dr. Rohinish Khurana Associate Professor, Dept of Farm Machinery and
Power
College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
CONTENTS
No. of pagesExecutive Summary 1
Part-I: General Information of Sub-project 3
Part-II: Technical Details 7
1. Introduction 7
2. Overall Sub-project Objectives 8
3. Sub-project Technical Profile 8
4. Baseline Analysis 14
5. Research Achievements 14
6. Innovations 19
7. Process/Product/Technology Developed 19
8. Patents (Filed/Granted) 19
9. Linkages and Collaborations 19
10. Status on Environmental and Social Safeguard Aspects 22
11. Constraints, if any and Remedial Measures Taken 22
12. Publications 22
13. Media Products Developed/Disseminated 22
14. Meetings/Seminars/Trainings/Kisan Mela, etc. organized 25
15. Participation in Conference/ Meetings/Trainings/ Radio talks, etc.
26
16. Foreign Trainings/Visits 26
17. Performance Indicators 26
18. Employment Generation 26
19. Assets Generated 27
20. Steps Undertaken for Post NAIP Sustainability 30
21. Possible Future Line of Work 30
22. Personnel 30
23. Governance, Management, Implementation and Coordina-tion
33
Part-III: Budget and its Utilization 38
Part-IV: Declaration 39
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Executive Summary
The traditional Agricultural Engineering education system, like education in other areas of Agriculture and even beyond, is essentially class-room teaching based. Keeping abreast of new developments in Agricultural Engineering research and industrial activities is almost entirely dependent on the teacher, and the teacher is not always equally well-equipped under all situations. In this context, e-learning becomes exceptionally relevant.
However, technology in and of itself may not guarantee better learning. But when effectively deployed, technology can help focus attention while attracting and maintaining a learner’s interest. Technology engages learners by structuring and organizing information, by displaying and demonstrating procedures and operations. e-Technology can help provide a virtual class room with all the desirable elements for effective learning.
The under-graduate, B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) is offered as a four years degree programme comprising of course work and project / in-plant training. Many State Agricultural Universities, Central Agricultural University, IIT Kharagpur and many other private Universities / institutes in the country are offering B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering) program. As per ICAR fourth Dean’s Committee recommendations, various courses totaling to 183 credit hours are being offered for the B.Tech. (Agril Engg) program. Currently is no e-courses for above discipline are available in India. Hence, it was proposed to create e-content with interactive multimedia for all the courses of the B. Tech (Agril Engg) program. The self-tutoring e-content could be made available through online/ offline for the benefit of students and faculty for enhancing classroom teaching.
A consortium consisting of four partners, viz. Anand Agricultural University, Anand; IIT, Khagarpur; Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore was created to develop the e-courses for B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering). All the consortia partners are very reputed, well established and developed institutes having necessary expertise and experience to handle such projects.
The consortium developed e-course content with interactive multimedia for all the 64 courses of B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering). The self-tutoring e-content can be delivered online and it could be shared with all institutes offering Agricultural Engineering courses for enhancing classroom teaching. As the content is shareable, the same can be reused by other institutes for revision by introducing the local content. For courses having no theory lectures, e-content has not been developed at present.
• The consortium has created e-course content for all the 64 courses of B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering).
• The courses were divided according to the four major areas of sub-discipline i.e. Farm power, Soil & Water Engg, Agricultural Processing and Renewable energy.
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• The remaining allied courses were also divided looking to the field of specialization and expertise available with each center.
• Teachers as content developers were identified from each partner institute based on their field of specialization and experience.
• The course content as per the Fourth Dean’s Committeee was expanded into different units and sub-units. The e-content was developed accordingly, incorporating necessary tables graphs, photos, flow diagrams, animations, videos and other multimedia effects
• The content was further enriched by incorporating Quizes, questions, answers as well as list of reference books.
• A professional team of more than 70 teachers from across more than 4 centers and about same number of reviewers from across the country was involved. This created linkages among more than 20 institutions.
• The MOODLE platform has been adopted for delivering the e-content. Blank content pages were created and as and when the lessons were provided by content developers they were inserted in the pages with proper formatting.
• Peer review of the course content by experts / subject matter specialists was initiated simultaneously with the content development. This helped in reducing the time taken for development of e-courses.
• Periodic review meetings were also conducted to have mid course corrections and incorporate new suggestions.
• The reviewed and finalized content was uploaded on a separate server installed for this purpose. The finalized courses were sent to IASRI, New Delhi for uploading on the ICAR server.
• The off line content is available on the ICAR website www.ecouses.iasri.res.in
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Part-I: General Information of Sub-project
1. Title of the sub-project: Development of e-courses for B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) degree program
2. Sub-project code: 119001
3. Component: I
4. Date of sanction of sub-project: December 2011
5. Date of completion: March 2014
6. Extension if granted, from April 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014
7. Total sanctioned amount for the sub-project: Rs. 419.34 Lakhs (Rupees four hundred nineteen lakh and thirty four thousand only)
8. Total expenditure of the sub-project: Rs. 229.03, Lakhs ( Rupees two hundred twenty nine lakh and three thousand )
9. Consortium leader:
Vice Chancellor,
Anand Agricultural University, Anand 388 110
Phone: 91-2692-261273
Fax: 91-2692-261520
e-mail : [email protected]
Website: www.aau.in
10. Consortium Principal Investigator :
Dr. D. C. Joshi,
Dean & Principal
College of Food Processing Technology & Bioenergy,
AAU, Anand 388 110, Gujarat
Phone : (02692) 261302
e-mail : [email protected]
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List of consortium partners :
Name of CPI/ CCPI with designation
Name of organization and address, phone & fax, email
Duration(From-To)
Budget( Rs in Lakhs)
CPI Dr. D. C. Joshi, Dean
College of Food Processing Technology & Bioenergy,AAU, Anand 388 110, GujaratPhone : (02692) 261302 09998009965 (M)Fax : (02692) 261302 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
December 2011- June
2014188.28
CCPI-1 Dr. K.N. Tiwari, Professor (SWC)Dept. of Agricultural & Food Engineering
Indian Institute of TechnologyKharagpur - 721302Phone : (03222) 283150 09434944443 (M)Fax : (03222) 282244E-mail: [email protected]
December 2011-March
201478.11
CCPI-2 Dr. Jaskaran Singh Mahal, Research Engineer, Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering & Additional Director of Research
Punjab Agricultural University, LudhianaPhone : (0161)2408684 (O) 09501500367Fax : (0161)2408684E-mail: [email protected]
December 2011-March
201476.35
CCPI-3 Dr. S. Santhana Bosu,Professor, Dept of Soil Water Engineering
College of Agricultural Engineering & Research Institute, TNAU, CoimbatoreTelephone : 0422-6611255 09489056712Fax: 0422-6611455E-mail: [email protected]
December 2011-March
201476.60
Co-PI Dr. R. F. SutarProfessor & HeadDept. of Post Harvest Engineering & Technology
College of Food Processing Technology & Bioenergy,AAU, Anand 388 110, GujaratPhone : (02692) 261302 09824386568 (M)Fax : (02692) 261302 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
December 2011- June
2014-
CPI-Consortia Principal Investigator; CCPI-Consortia Co-Principal Investigator; Co-Principal Investigator
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CPI and CCPIs along with National Coordinator NAIP Component -I
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1. Statement of budget released and utilization partner-wise (Rs in Lakhs):
CPI/CCPI(Name, Designation & address)
Total budget sanctioned
Fund re-leased
Fund utilized
CPI Dr. D.C.JoshiDean & PrincipalCollege of Food Processing Technology & Bioenergy, AAU, Anand 388 110 Gujarat.
188,28,000 115,06,642 115,06,642
CCPI-1 Dr.K.N.Tiwari,Professor (SWC)Dept. of Agricultural & Food engineering,Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur- 721302 West Bengal
78,11,000 44,68,673 44,68,673
CCPI-2 Dr.Jaskaran Singh Mahal,Research Engineer,Dept. of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering & Additional Director of Research,Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab
76,35,000 31,05,506 31,05,506
CCPI-3 Dr S. Santhana BosuProfessor,Dept. of Soil Water Engineering,College of Agricultural Engineer-ing & research Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
76,60,000 38,21,835 38,21,835
Total 419,34,000 229,02,656 229,02,656
CPI-Consortia Principal Investigator; CCPI-Consortia Co-Principal Investigator
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Part-II: Technical Details 1. Introduction
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is making continuous efforts for quality assurance in higher agricultural education in the country through policy support, accreditation, academic regulations, review of course curricula and delivery system, improvement in faculty competence, etc. A project on development of e-courses for different under-graduate degree program in agricultural and allied subjects was taken-up under the C\omponent –I of the National Agricultural Innovation Project, NAIP.
The traditional Agricultural Engineering education system, like education in other areas of agriculture and even beyond, is essentially class-room teaching based. Keeping abreast of new developments in Agricultural Engineering research and industrial activities is almost entirely dependent on the teacher, and the teacher is not always equally well-equipped under all situations. In this context, e-learning becomes exceptionally relevant.
However, technology in and of itself may not guarantee better learning. But when effectively deployed, technology can help focus attention while attracting and maintaining a learner’s interest. Technology engages learners by structuring and organizing information, by displaying and demonstrating procedures and operations. It can help make a learning experience more memorable and can help relate new information to that which already exists. e-Technology can help provide a virtual class room with all the desirable elements for effective learning.
The under-graduate, B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) is offered as a four years degree programme comprising of course work and project / in-plant training. Many State Agricultural Universities, Central Agricultural University, IIT Kharagpur and many other private Universities / institutes in the country are offering B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering) program. As per ICAR fourth Dean’s Committee recommendations, various courses totaling to 183 credit hours are being offered for the B.Tech. (Agril Engg) program. Currently there is no e-courses for above discipline available in India. Hence, it is proposed to create e-content with interactive multimedia for all the courses of the B. Tech (Agril Engg) program. The self-tutoring e-content could be made available through online/ offline for the benefit of students and faculty for enhancing classroom teaching.
All these colleges/institutions could be linked up with an e-learning programme to reap the benefits of information management. It will lead towards the development of highly professional agricultural engineering specialists through value based education for providing world-class human resource to meet the demands of global competitiveness and meeting highly professional competence requirements of modern industry.
A consortium consisting of four partners, viz. Anand Agricultural University, Anand, IIT, Khagarpur, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore was created to develop the e-courses for B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering). All the consortia partners are very reputed, well established and developed institutes having necessary expertise and experience to handle such projects.
The consortium developed e-course content with interactive multimedia for all the 68
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courses of B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering). The self-tutoring e-content can be delivered online and it could be shared with all institutes offering Agricultural Engineering courses for enhancing classroom teaching. As the content is shareable, the same can be reused by other institutes for revision by introducing the local content. For courses having no theory lectures, e-content has not been developed at present.
2. Overall Sub-project Objectives
• To create interactive multimedia course content for B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) degree program in accordance with ICAR’s Fourth Deans Committee recommendations.
• To deliver e-Content so created ON-LINE (Web) and OFF-LINE (CD/DVD) to evoke interest among the learners and promote and enhance classroom teaching.
• To host the created content in a central server to be shared by all Agricultural Engineering Colleges/Institutes across the nation.
3. Sub-project Technical Profile
3.1 Work plan
Agricultural Engineering, involves application of engineering to production, processing, preservation and handling of food, feed and fibre. It also includes the transfer of engineering technology for the development and welfare of rural areas and masses. The major fields of Agricultural Engineering are: Farm Power and Machinery, Soil and water Conservation and Management Engineering (including watershed management, command area development, conservation, irrigation and field drainage), Agricultural Process Engineering, Farm Storage Engineering and Renewable energy engineering. The under-graduate program in agricultural engineering have all the above sub-disciplines besides subjects of basic sciences, agriculture, humanities and basic engineering. The B. Tech ( Agricultural Engineering) is spread over eight semesters covering about 68 total 194 credit hours.
There are 64 courses for the B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) degree having theoretical lectures totaling to 128 credit hours, which work out to 2048 hourly lectures. Each hourly lecture was developed as a lecture module. The work under content development was distributed as follows :
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Table 3.1a. Courses for which content developed by AAU, Anand
1 Agriculture for Engineers 4(3+1)
2 Engineering Chemistry 3(2+1)
3 Computer Programming and Data Structures 3(1+2)
4 Engineering Physics 3(2+1)
5 Agribusiness Management and Trade 3(3+0)
6 Entrepreneurship Development and Communication Skill 2(1+1)
7 Engineering Properties of Biological Materials and Food Quality 3(2+1)
8 Crop Process Engineering 3(2+1)
9 Dairy & Food Engineering 3(2+1)
10 Drying and Storage Engineering 4(3+1)
11 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning 3(2+1)
12 Food Packaging Technology 3(2+1)
13 Design & Maintenance of Green House 3(2+1)
14 Development of Processed Products & Equipments 3(2+1)
15 Food Processing Plant Design & Layout 2(1+1)
16 Fluid Mechanics 3(2+1)
Total 48 (32+16)
Table 3.1b. Courses for which content developed by IIT, Kharagpur
1 Engineering Mathematics-I 3(3+0)2 Engineering Mathematics –II 3(3+0)3 Engineering Mathematics-III 3(3+0)4 Soil Mechanics 3(2+1)5 Strength of Material 3(2+1)6 Soil & Water Conservation Structures 3(2+1)7 Soil & Water Conservation Engg. 3(2+1)8 Irrigation Engineering 4(3+1)9 Ground Water, Wells and Pumps 3(2+1)10 Drainage Engg. 2(1+1)11 Watershed Hydrology 3(2+1)12 Micro Irrigation Systems Design 3(2+1)13 Watershed Planning and Management 3(2+1)14 Gulley & Ravine Control Structures 3(2+1)15 Remote Sensing & GIS Applications 3(2+1)16 Reservior & Farm Pond Design 3(2+1)
Total 48(35+13)
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Table 3.1c. Courses for which content developed by PAU, Ludhiana
1 Engineering Mechanics 3(2+1)
2 Thermodynamics and Heat Engine 4(3+1)
3 Heat and Mass Transfer 2(2+0)
4 Workshop Technology 3(2+1)
5 Theory of Machines 3(2+1)
6 Machine Design 3(2+1)
7 Farm Machinery and Equipment-I 3(2+1)
8 Farm Machinery and Equipment-II 3(2+1)
9 Farm Power 3(2+1)
10 Tractor Systems and Controls 3(2+1)
11 Field Operation and Maintenance of Tractors and Farm Machinery 2(1+1)
12 Tractor Design & Testing 3(2+1)
13 Hydraulic Drive & Controls 3(2+1)
14 Farm Power & Machinery Management 3(2+1)
15 Human Engg. & Safety 2(1+1)
16 Waste and By-product Utilization 2(1+1)
Total 45 (30+15)
Table 3.1d. Courses for which content developed by TNAU, Coimbatore
1 Environmental Science 3(3+0)
2 Environmental Engg. 3(2+1)
3 Electrical M/C’s and Power Utilization 3(2+1)
4 Electrical Circuits 3(2+1)
5 Agricultural Structures and Environmental Control 3(2+1)
6 Surveying and Leveling 3(1+2)
7 Design of Structures 3(2+1)
8 Minor Irrigation & Command Area Development 3(2+1)
9 Applied Electronics and Instrumentation 3(2+1)
10 Renewable Energy Sources 3(2+1)
11 Renewable Energy Technology 3(2+1)
12 Biomass Management for Fodder & Energy 2(1+1)
13 CAD/CAM Machine Drawing and Computer Graphics 3(1+2)
14 Production Technology of Agril. Machinery 3(2+1)
15 Mechanics of Tillage and Traction 3(2+1)
16 System Engineering 3(3+0)
Total 47(31+16)
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Table 3.1e. Summary of course distribution among the Consortium partners
Partner/Institution No. of courses assigned
Total no. of credits (Th. Cr.)
Total no. of modules /lessons
AAU, Anand 16 48(32) 512IIT, Kharagpur 16 48(35) 560PAU, Ludhiana 16 45 (30) 480TNAU, Coimbatore 16 47(31) 496
Total 64 188 (128) 2048
The program of work was executed in systematic manner involving following steps, some of which was executed in parallel.
NAIP ConsortiumLead Center AAU, Anand
AAU, Anand
IIT,Kharagpur
PAU, Ludhiana
TNAU, Coimbator
e
Process Flow Chart for Development of e-Courses for B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering)
16 Courses for each Center(16 * 4 = 64 Courses)
Content Developers – Selection Capacity Building (T i i )
e
Content Developers Selection
Visualization of Lesson Plans
Lessons/Authoring(Preparation of Text
Preparation of Images Peer Review of Lessons
(Training)
Course Layout Template Preparation of Images
Preparation of Animation/Visual EffectsPreparation of Quiz)
Peer Review of Lessons
Submission of Reviewed Course Content to Lead Center
p(Common Format)
Edit in MOODLE
Is Content in proper
formatNo
Upload to MOODLE
Creation of Off-line Content in POODLE
Yes
Delivery Mechanism for e-Courses
On-line Web Portal Developed in MOODLE
Off-line Content Using POODLE on CDs.
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• Human resource identified and made ready to handle the specified job. The teachers who were already teaching the courses were identified and trained to develop the e content. Similarly, the senior professionals who are pioneer in the subject were also identified to critically review the content developed. Project staff in terms of SRFs were also appropriately selected and trained to edit and incorporate multimedia effects to the content.
• Reviewing the recommended syllabus and subdividing onto different subgroups.
• Creating and collecting new contents and refining e-texts already available with different disciplines and faculty.
• Review of the contents received and collected by the respective implementation committee members.
• Developing multimedia modules and appropriately incorporating to the e-content.
• Review of the contents by the student scholars.
• Peer review by teachers / experts at national level.
• Testing of the developed modules and modifying, if necessary.
• Hosting of the material on web and preparation of CD/DVDs.
3.2 HRD Creation
• Senior Research Fellows with domain expertise/ multimedia expertise were employed on contract basis and were oriented for the project.
• Training of all the teachers associated with the content development was arranged, in e-content creation.
3.3 Creation of IT facilities
Considering the sheer size and merit of the project, shared IT infrastructure facilities
for content creation and delivery was developed. A web server of appropriate configuration
alongwith nodes were procured and installed for editing and uploading the content. The e-Content
for all the courses in B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) created was initially developed as a
standard word file. The tables, photos, flow diagrams, animations, etc were prepared separately.
All the above content was converted appropriately and placed in MOODLE platform. The final
content in MOODLE format was then uploaded to the special web server placed at the lead
centre, Anand,
3.4 Deliverables
The project deliverables in terms of the number of courses for which e-contents were to
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be developed were distributed in the following manner:
S. No.
Details 1-6 months
7-12 months
13-18 months
19-24months
25-30
months 1. Courses Creation of
facilities,
Capacity
building
28 40 Necessary animations, and audio and video clippings were developed
Update & Hosting in Na-tional Server/Web
2. Credit hours
55 73
Total Modules
- 880 1168
Total modules = 2048
The interactive and multimedia enriched e-content for B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) program in accordance with national 4th Deans Committee recommendations for all the 64 courses was developed. The e-courses were finally made available both on-line as well as off-line. The e-Content in the web format was deployed in the ICAR web server at IASRI, New Delhi for online access throughout India, and is available at www.ecourses.iasri.res.in. The CDs were prepared and distributed to all the Agricultural Engineering Colleges of the country. The Deans of all the colleges were also sensitized for the operationalization of the e-courses.
3.5 Project schedule
S. No Activities 0 - 6
months7-12
months13-18
months19-24
months25-30
Months
1.Capacity building of teachers Na-tional training for team members, international training for project team
2.Creating contents for all the courses with the required text, pictures, dia-grams, quizzes, FAQs, animations and other audio and video clippings needed.
3. Developing interactive multime-dia e-learning modules for all the courses.
4. Peer review of the developed course contents and multimedia material by experts / subject matter specialists.
5.Pilot testing and modification, if nec-essary, of the developed modules and hosting in web and taking multiple copies in DVDs/CDs.
3.6 Monitoring indicators
The progress of the project was periodically monitored and reviewed by the Advisory Committee. The number of courses and the number of course lesson modules for which course
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contents and e-modules have been developed were assessed both by the CCPIs as well as by CPI from time to time. Review workshops were also organized periodically to monitor the work of the sub-project. The meetings of the Advisory committee and the Implementation committee were also organized to sort out the constraints during the execution of the project.
3.7 Expected outcome / impact / deliverables
Outcome:
• Easy and continuous availability of improved and uniform quality of instruction material for effective and self-paced learning for B Tech (Agricultural Engineering) degree programme.
• The developed e-courseware would cater to the updated-information needs of the students, teachers and institutions offering Agricultural Engineering education all over India.
Impact:
Effective learning with the use of interactive e-content modules along with the increased retention of subject knowledge will produce superior quality graduates. On-line availability of e-courseware will also improve the quality of teaching and the overall performance of the Agricultural Engineering education system.
Deliverables:
• Interactive and multimedia course content for B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) program in accordance with national 4th Deans Committee recommendations.
• e-Content in the web format and deployment in the web servers for online access throughout India.
• Sharable Learning Object Repository for efficiency of resource use.
• On-line and Off-line delivery system of entire degree course.
4. Baseline Analysis
The teaching of most of the under-graduate course is through black board only. e-Learning has been proved to be the efficient. ICT based agricultural engineering courses requiring detailed explanation through flow diagrams, animations, exploded viewers, etc. were not available. The under-graduate syllabus and course content as recommended by the national level 4th Deans Committee of ICAR was taken as the base line for development of the e-Courses.
5. Research Achievements with Summary
5.1 Development of course content:
The e-content for all the 64 courses was developed. For each lesson and each unit of every course, the appropriate data tables, figures, graphs, flow diagrams, photographs, videos, animations, etc. were developed. The complete e-courseware was made after incorporating all
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the above resource material at appropriate places and duly reviewed by the subject experts. Each consortium partner developed e- content for 16 courses.
5.2 MOODLE platform:
Moodle is a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalised learning environments. Moodle is provided freely as Open Source downloadable software, under the GNU General Public License.
Moodle is web-based and so can be accessed from anywhere in the world. With a default mobile-compatible interface and cross-browser compatibility, content on the Moodle platform is easily accessible and consistent across different web browsers and devices. Because of its flexibility and scalability, Moodle has been adapted for use across education, business, non-profit, government, and community contexts. Moodle can be scaled to support the needs of both small classes and large organisations and from a few students to millions of users.
Moodle is continually being reviewed and improved and provides the most flexible tool-set to support both blended learning and online courses. Moodle can be configured by enabling or disabling core features, and easily integrate everything needed for a course using its complete range of built-in features, including external collaborative tools such as forums, wikis, chats and blogs.
Poodle is a version of Moodle that mounts on portable drives e.g., USB sticks, memory cards, HDD’s, etc. Poodle is also open-source software and is created in a widely-used format that works with other portable apps and desktop applications such as Adobe Acrobat, etc. without the need to install any software.
5.3 Development of web portal:
A separate web portal for e-courses on Agricultural Engineering has been developed. The portal is prepared using MOODLE platform. All the 64 courses have been grouped under six major heads. All the six heads are placed on the main page of the portal and linked to the relevant courses.
The web portal is user friendly and can be opened, accessed and manoeuvred easily. The teacher/student can select course(s), units, lessons, quizzes, etc. as per the requirement/convenience.
Login facility is provided so as to protect the misuse and manipulation of the content. The user name and password is provided to each registered user. This helps in tracking the activity of the web portal by individual user. A few screenshots of the web portal so developed are given below;
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POODLE application start menu
Main Page of web portal in MOODLE
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Lesson page
Course categories
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Quiz page
ICAR website showing B.Tech (Agril Engg ) Courses
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6. Innovations
The agricultural engineering courses essentially require figures, engineering drawings, exploded views, dismantled components, many graphs, floe diagrams, operational bideos and similar oter features in addition to the normal lecture notes. Therefore, the e-Courseware was developed specifically incorporating above mentioned features in the multimedia frame.
The course content was developed and reviewed simultaneously. This helped in reducing the project completion time considerably.
7. Process/ Product/Technology Developed
A comprehensive e-courseware for B Tech (Agricultural Engineering) was developed. It is enriched with multimedia interactive features for all the 64 courses.
8. Patents (Filed/Granted)
No patents were filed. However, the e-courseware for BTech (Agril Engg) so generated will remain in public domain mainly for the benefit of students and teachers
9. Linkages and Collaborations
Linkage could be developed with many institutions spread across the country both for content development, content receiving, as resource center and in other similar collaboration. In all about 20 different institutions and about 140 resource personalities were involved for the sub-project.
S. No. Name of Organization with whom linkages developed
Date/Period From-To
Responsible Partner
1. Govt. College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. S.P. Jeyapriya, Dept. of Civil Engg.,
2 University of Agricultural Sciences, Post Box No.24, Raichur, Karnataka.
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Veeran Gowda, Dept. of Farm Machinery,
3. College of Agricultural Engineering, Acharya N.G.Ranga Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Bapatla – 522 101.
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Ms. K. Lavanya,
4 Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Kerala Agricultural University, Tavanur, Kerala – 679 573.
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. K. P. Rama,
5 Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad – 580 005, Karnataka.
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Sathish R. Desai,
6. Mechanical Engineering Department, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore – 641 004.
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. S. R. Devadasan,
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7. Chitrakoot Rural University Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. B C Mal8. Irrigation and Drainage
Engineering Division,Central institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabi Bagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal - 462 038
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Ramadhar Singh
9. Department of Civil Engg.IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. V A Sawant
10. College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology,Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362001 (Gujarat)
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Prof. N K Gontia
11. Directorate of Water Management (ICAR)Opposite Rail Vihar, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneshwar-751023, Odisha
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Susanta Kumar Jena
12. Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, , Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri, Ahmednagar (MS) - 413712
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. S D Gorantiwar
13 IARI, New Delhi- 110 012 Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. T B S Rajput
14 Central Soil & Water Conservation Research Training Institute 218, Kaulagarh Road, Dehra Dun (Uttaranchal)- 248 195
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. P K Mishra
15 Civil Engineering Department IIT Madras, Chennai - 600 036
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. K P Sudheer
16. Directorate of Water Management (ICAR)
Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar- 751 023 (Odisha )
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Ashwani Kumar
17. Dept. of Food Processing Technology, ADIT, V.V.NagarGujarat
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr.A.S.Kulkarni,
18. Dept.of Chemistry ,V.P & R.P.T.P. Sci College,Vallabh VidyaNagar, Gujarat
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Bharat Dixit,
19. Dept. of Process & Food EngineeringCollege of Technology,GBPUAT, Pantnagar- 263145.Uttranchal
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. B. K. Kumbhar
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20. Dept of Process & Food Engineering, College of Tech & Engg. MPUAT,Udaipur- 313001, Rajasthan
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. G.P. Sharma,
21. Dept. of Food Engineering,Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidhyapeeth,Akola- 444104,Maharashtra
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. I. L. Pardeshi
22. Dept. of Process and food Engineering,College of Agril. Engg. & Tech. OUAT,Bhubaneswar, West Bengal
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. (Mrs) Kalpana Raiguru,
23. Dept. of Agril. Process Engg., College of Agril Engg & Tech., Dr. B.S. Kolkan Krishi Vidyapeeth,Dapoli-415712, Maharashtra
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Nayaysingh Thakor,
24. Dept. of management studies BMS College of Engineering,Bangalore, Karnataka
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Mr. Tejaswi Patil,
25. Industrial & Production Engg. Deptt. NIT, Jalandhar
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Anish Sachdeva,
26. MPUAT,Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. V.Nepalia
27. Dept. of Computer Engineering, ADIT, New V.V Nagar Gujarat
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. R. Makwana
28. SEMCOM, V.V.Nagar Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Abha Pandya
29. IIT, Roorkee Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Tanuja Srivastava
30. GND, Engg. College, Ludhiana Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr .Harvinder Singh
31. Dept. of Mechanical Engg.,NIT, Hamirpur
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr.Varun
32. SBCE, Ferozpur Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. R. C.Bhatti
33. IIT, Delhi Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. S .P. Singh
34. PDCSR, (ICAR), Ludhiana Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. K. K. Singh
35. AET & Technical Advisor (AIAMMA),Pune
Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Surendra Singh,
36. HAU, Hisar Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. DN Sharma,
37. NITTR, Chandigarh Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. SS Dhami,
38. UAS, Dharwad Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Sathish R. Desai,
39. UAS, Raichur Feb 2012-Feb-2014 Dr. Ananthachar
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10. Status on Environmental and Social Safeguard Framework
The sub-project was on higher education and no direct relevance is observed towards environmental safeguard.
11. Constraints, if any and Remedial Measures Taken
A professional team of more than 70 teachers from the four partner centers and about same number of reviewers from across the country was involved. This created linkages among more than 20 institutions. There were difficulties in convincing about 140 individual intellectuals for agreeing to work on a common template. It was through personal visits to the various centers and persuasions and explaining the benefits, it became possible to get the work completed in this short time.
12. Publications
No separate publications were generated. Each e-course for the 64 courses is equivalent to a good international level publication.
13. Media Products Developed/Disseminated
S. No. CD, Bulletins, Brochures, etc. (Year wise)
No. of Copies Responsible Partner
1 Agriculture for Engineers 70 AAU, Anand
2 Engineering Chemistry 70 AAU, Anand
3 Computer Programming and Data Structures
70 AAU, Anand
4 Agribusiness Management and Trade
70 AAU, Anand
5 Entrepreneurship Development and Communication Skill
70 AAU, Anand
6 Engineering Properties of Biological Materials and Food Quality
70 AAU, Anand
7 Crop Process Engineering 70 AAU, Anand
8 Dairy & Food Engineering 70 AAU, Anand
9 Drying and Storage Engineering 70 AAU, Anand
10 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning 70 AAU, Anand
11 Food Packaging Technology 70 AAU, Anand
12 Design & Maintenance of Green House
70 AAU, Anand
13 Development of Processed Products & Equipments
70 AAU, Anand
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14 Food Processing Plant Design & Layout
70 AAU, Anand
15 Fluid Mechanics 70 AAU, Anand
16 Engineering Physics 70 AAU, Anand
17 Engineering Mathematics-I 70 IIT, Kharagpur
18 Engineering Mathematics-II 70 IIT, Kharagpur
19 Engineering Mathematics-III 70 IIT, Kharagpur
20 Soil Mechanics 70 IIT, Kharagpur
21 Strength of Material 70 IIT, Kharagpur
22 Soil and water conservation and structures
70 IIT, Kharagpur
23 Soil & Water Conservation Engi-neering
70 IIT, Kharagpur
24 Irrigation Engineering 70 IIT, Kharagpur
25 Groundwater, Wells and Pumps 70 IIT, Kharagpur
26 Drainage Engineering 70 IIT, Kharagpur
27 Watershed Hydrology 70 IIT, Kharagpur
28 Micro Irrigation Systems Design 70 IIT, Kharagpur
29 Watershed Planning and Manage-ment
70 IIT, Kharagpur
30 Gulley & Ravine Control Structures 70 IIT, Kharagpur
31 Remote Sensing & GIS Application 70 IIT, Kharagpur
32 Reservior & Farm Pond Design 70 IIT, Kharagpur
33 Engineering Mechanics 70 PAU, Ludhiana
34 Thermodynamics and Heat Engines 70 PAU, Ludhiana
35 Heat and mass Transfer 70 PAU, Ludhiana
36 Workshop Technology 70 PAU, Ludhiana
37 Theory of Machines 70 PAU, Ludhiana
38 Machine Design 70 PAU, Ludhiana
39 Farm Machinery and Equipment I 70 PAU, Ludhiana
40 Farm Machinery and Equipment II 70 PAU, Ludhiana
41 Farm Power 70 PAU, Ludhiana
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42 Tractor Systems and controls 70 PAU, Ludhiana
43 Field Operation and Maintenance of Tractors and Farm Machinery II
70 PAU, Ludhiana
44 Tractor Design and Testing 70 PAU, Ludhiana
45 Hydraulic Drive and Controls 70 PAU, Ludhiana
46 Farm Power and Machinery Man-agement
70 PAU, Ludhiana
47 Human Engineering and Safety 70 PAU, Ludhiana
48 Waste and By-product Utilization 70 PAU, Ludhiana
49 Environmental Science 70 TNAU, Coimbatore
50 Environmental Engineering 70 TNAU, Coimbatore
51 Electrical MIC’s and PowerUtilization
70 TNAU, Coimbatore
52 Electrical Circuits 70 TNAU, Coimbatore
53 Agricultural Structures andEnvironmental Control
70 TNAU, Coimbatore
54 Surveying and Leveling 70 TNAU, Coimbatore
55 Design of Structures 70 TNAU, Coimbatore
56 Minor Irrigation & CommandArea Development
70 TNAU, Coimbatore
57 Applied Electronics andInstrumentation
70 TNAU, Coimbatore
58 Renewable Energy Sources 70 TNAU, Coimbatore
59 Renewable EnergyTechnology
70 TNAU, Coimbatore
60 Biomass Management,for Fodder & Energy
70 TNAU, Coimbatore
61 CAD I CAM MachineDrawing and Computer Graphics
70 TNAU, Coimbatore
62 Production Technology ofAgricultural Machinery
70 TNAU, Coimbatore
63 Mechanics of Tillage andTraction
70 TNAU, Coimbatore
64 System Engineering 70 TNAU, Coimbatore
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14. Meetings/Seminars/Trainings/Kisan Mela, etc. organized
S. No. Details of Meetings/Seminars/Trainings, etc.
Duration(From-To)
No. of Per-
sonnel Trained
Organizer (Name & Ad-
dress)
1 Launching Workshop February 2012
43 CPI, AAU, Anand
2 Sensitization Workshop August 4-5, 2012
25 CCPI, IIT,Kharagpur
3 National Training- NAARM, Hyder-abad
August 16-21, 2012.
10+20 CPI, AAU, Anand
4 2nd Review –cum- Advisory commit-tee meeting
February 5, 2013
45 CPI, AAU, Anand
5 Review meeting December 19, 2013
11 CPI, AAU, Anand
6 National Workshop on Operation-alization of e-Courses for B.Tech (Agril. Engg)
June 16, 2014.
50 CPI, AAU, Anand
7 Sensitization Workshop for operation-alization of e -cousra at Central Agril Univesity, Sikkim
June 27-28, 2014
30 CPI, AAU, Anand
8 Review Meeting with Course Content Developers, AAU, Anand
February 15, 2013
20 CCPI of respec-tive center
9 Review Meeting with Course Content Developers, AAU, Anand
February 15, 2013
20 CCPI of respec-tive center
10 TNAU, Coimbatore at Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Kumulur.
July 25, 2012 10 CCPI of respec-tive center
11 Review Meeting with Course Content Developers, AAU, Anand
September 21, 2012
23 CCPI of respec-tive center
12 TNAU, Coimbatore Campus October 8, 2012
10 CCPI of respec-tive center
13 Review Meeting with Course Content Developers, AAU, Anand
November 22, 2012
20 CCPI of respec-tive center
14 TNAU, Coimbatore Campus December 4, 2012
11 CCPI of respec-tive center
15 Review Meeting with Course Content Developers, AAU, Anand
January 29, 2013
21 CCPI of respec-tive center
16 IIT, Kharagpur January 31, 2013
17 CCPI of respec-tive center
17 IIT, Kharagpur February 25, 2013
17 CCPI of respec-tive center
18 Reviewer Meeting, PAU, Ludhiana March 16, 2013
20 CCPI of respec-tive center
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15. Participation in Conference/ Meetings/Trainings/ Radio talks, etc.
S. No. Details of Meetings/Seminars/Trainings/Radio talk, etc.(Name &Address)
Duration(From-To)
Participant
1 National Training on development of e-con-tent and multimedia enrichment at NAARM, Hyderabad
August 16-21, 2012.
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16. Foreign Trainings/Visits:
S. No.
Name, Designation, Address ofthe Person
Place, Organization and Duration
Dates of Seminar
Total Cost (Rs)
1 K.N.TiwariProfessor (SWC)Dept. of Agricultural & Food engineering,Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
May 27th , 2013 to June 9th ,
2013
- 2 ,78,301
17. Performance Indicators
(As per the enclosed format in Appendix-1: Component-wise; and Sub-component-wise)
S. No.
Indicator Total No.
1 No. of hits on the sub-project website per month -
2 Number of knowledge products developed:a. e-coursesb. e-learning modules
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3 Digitization of number of:a. Ph. D. Theses b. Historical publications
-
4 Enhanced knowledge sharing and public awareness activities carried out
1
5 Development of linkages with a. National organisations b. International organisations
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6 No. of articles downloaded from CeRA subscribed publishers 2767 Training of critical mass (no. of experts trained) 8 Number of scientists trained overseas in the frontier areas of science -
9 Number of scientists trained overseas in consortium-based subject ar-eas
-
10 No. of scientists participated in conference/seminar etc. abroad 1
18. Employment Generation (man-days/year)
The sub-project was on educational program, hence no general employement was generated. However, about twelve qualified persons were employed as RA/SRF/OA/DO for the entire period of the project.
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19. Assets Generated
The following hi-tech, ICT related equipment and facilities were generated at different centers of the consortia.
S. No. Name of the Equipment with Manufacturers Name, Model and Sr. No.
Year of Purchase
Quantity (Nos.)
Total cost (Rs)
Responsible Partner
AAU, Anand
1 PC Workstation: - Dell Precision D1600
2012 4 3,39,544/- AAU, Anand
2 Desktop PC –HP Envy 23 2013 2 2,04,800/- AAU, Anand
3 Notebook PC - HP Spectre XT
2013 146800/- AAU, Anand
4 Color laser printer, Ricoh Aficio MP C2030
2013 1 1,54,575/- AAU, Anand
5 Laser printers HP 1536 MFP 2012 1 24,580/- AAU, Anand2012 13,150/- AAU, Anand
6 Drum + Flatbed scanner with Negative/ Positive adapter, OCR Sw
2012 1 8,360/- AAU, Anand
7 10 Megapixel Digital camera Nikon DSLR D-7000
2013 1 1,40,000/- AAU, Anand
8 Handycam - SONY NEX-VG20E accessories
2013 1 99,500/- AAU, Anand
9 Video editing workstation - HP Z620 WORKSATION
2013 1 3,00,000/- AAU, Anand
10 Web server, with 2.0 Terra byte RAID 5 storage including backup system, LAN switch with RACK and OF convertor - IBM X3650 M4
2013 1 5,19,167/- AAU, Anand
11 CD/DVD 1+7 Mass duplicator
2012 1 18,650/- AAU, Anand
12 Software Database server 2013 1 Set 5,99,250/- AAU, Anand
13 Network copier Ricoh 2852 2012 1 1,49,940/- AAU, Anand14 Air conditioners 2TR Split
along with stabilizers for e-Learning lab - LG
2012 4 1,40,000/- AAU, Anand
15 LED / Plasma Screen - LG 2012 1 1,69,500/- AAU, Anand
16 Interactive board, 2013 1 83,000/- AAU, Anand
17 LCD Projector with accessories
2013 1 1,54,910/- AAU, Anand
18 On Line UPS, 5 KVA, 4hr backup
2013 1 3,60,150/- AAU, Anand
Total 36,25,876/- AAU, Anand
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IIT, Kharagpur
1 Split type air conditioner – 1.5 tonnes capacity-LG
1 35,200 IIT, Kharagpur
2 Photo scanner HPG 3110 2012 1 8,112 IIT, Kharagpur3 Led Screen, Model: KDL-
4HX750,Make: Sony and Nikon
2012 1 78,900 IIT, Kharagpur
4 DSLR Camera, Model: D7000
2012 1 1,40,200 IIT, Kharagpur
5 Web server Dell – Power edge R 520 and operating system
2012 1 2,61,620 IIT, Kharagpur
6 3 kVA Power one online UPS – 1 h backup
2012 1 50,000 IIT, Kharagpur
7 Desk top PC- Intel Core i7 3nd Gen Processor HP and APC UPS System, 800 VA
1 82,300 IIT, Kharagpur
8 PC Workstation-Supermicro Tyron DDR3 1333 MHZ
2012 2 1, 67,440 IIT, Kharagpur
8 Note book PC- i) IBM Think pad T- Series ii)Lenovo
2012 1 1, 70,852 IIT, Kharagpur
9 LCD Projector-Panasonic 2012 1 82,288 IIT, Kharagpur10 Interactive board-
Panasonic2012 1 83,900 IIT, Kharagpur
11 Digital Copier with Printer-Konica Minolta Bizhub 215
1 90,972 IIT, Kharagpur
Total 12,51,784 IIT, KharagpurPAU, Ludhiana
1 Notebook PC: Intel Core i5 or higher, 4GB RAM, 650GB HDD, FW800, DVD RW, WIN Os with its other accessories
2012 2 1,27,718 PAU, Ludhiana
2 Drum + Flatbed scanner with Negative/ Positive adapter, OCR Sw
2013 1 9,300 PAU, Ludhiana
3 Desktop PC 1 1,00,000 PAU, Ludhiana4 PC Workstation 1 1,70,000 PAU, Ludhiana5 Digital camera 1 1,55,000 PAU, Ludhiana6 Air conditioners along
with stabilizers for e-Learning lab
1 35,000 PAU, Ludhiana
7 Network copier 1 1,50,000 PAU, Ludhiana
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8 On line UPS, 5 KVA (2 hr Back-up)
1 1,50,000 PAU, Ludhiana
9 Web server, with 1.0 Terra byte RAID storage including backup system, LAN switch with RACK and OF convertor
1 3,00,000 PAU, Ludhiana
10 LED / Plasma Screen 1 1,75,000 PAU, Ludhiana11 Interactive board 1 85,000 PAU, Ludhiana
Total 14,57,018 PAU, LudhianaTNAU, Coimbatore.
1 Split type air conditioner – 2 tonnes capacity
1 35,000 TNAU, Coimbatore
2 Drum + Flat bed scanner HP SJG 3110
1 9,450 TNAU, Coimbatore
3 CD/DVD mass duplicator 1 78,645 TNAU, Coimbatore4 Dual Xeon tower server
Dell – T 4201 2,95,575 TNAU, Coimbatore
5 5 kVA APC online UPS – 2 h backup
1 1,46,475 TNAU, Coimbatore
6 Desktop PC- HP Touch smart Intel Core i5 2nd Gen 2400 Processor HP
1 68,775 TNAU, Coimbatore
7 PC Workstation-HP Z220 CMT
1 1,92,360 TNAU, Coimbatore
8 Note book PC-Sony vaio 2 1,35,240 TNAU, Coimbatore9 UPS 1.5 kVA; 2 hour
backup.1 28,875 TNAU, Coimbatore
10 Camera 1 1,45,000 TNAU, CoimbatoreTotal 11,35,395 TNAU, Coimbatore
20. Steps Undertaken for Post NAIP Sustainability
Using the resource regularly by the students & teachers will ensure its sustainability. Further, the project will be sustainable only if the content developers and users are motivated to refine the content periodically. Smart phones and Tablets are now being used increasingly. The content delivery can also be turned in to a mobile application, for greater adoption. A monitoring and maintenance cell consisting of one of the Core team member should be constituted to carry out the monitoring and refinement of the developed web portal
Certain other ICT aspects which need to be considered are
• Updating of the developed course can be done by the course content developer who will be provided the access through individual username and password
• Updating Network and Computing infrastructure periodically to maintain changing technological advancement
• The internet service provider(ISP) and internet bandwidth
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• Data and system security infrastructure
• operational policies, behavioral policies, resource access (system, service and network) control policies, security policies and organizational policies.
• Scalability issues : Increasing usage will require scalable resources in terms of memory space, handle number of users and their transactions
• Ensure data compatibility : Data (developed e-course) compatibility problem can be achieved by encouraging data migration process in various stages time to time so that the data is always compatible to new database technology to use and access it all the times.
21. Possible Future Line of Work
• Further value addition to the developed course content can be done by incorporating attendance system, submitting and evaluating assignments, providing discussion forums between teacher and off-campus student / teacher, online examinations, etc.
• Short term Diploma or Certificate programme can be designed keeping the appropriate difficulty level of online examinations. The developed e- content will be used as course material for specific skill development. Additional multi lingual content can be developed to cater to such courses
• The developed courses have to be teacher specific and when he has the sense of ownership, all future corrections, modification, updating will be carried out by the content developer himself/ herself and thus the course will become self sustaining.
22. Personnel
Research Management (CL)Dr, A. M. Shekh, Vice Chancellor, Anand Agricultural University, AnandScientific (CPI, CCPI, others)
1 Dr. D.C. Joshi, CPI of the Project, Anand Agricultural University, Anand2 Dr. R. F. Sutar, Co-PI of the Project, Anand Agricultural University, Anand 3 Dr. S. Santhana Bosu, CCPI of the Project, TNAU, Coimbatore4 Dr. R Vishwanathan, Co-CCPI, TNAU, Coimbatore5 Dr. K.N. Tiwari, CCPI, IIT, Kharagpur6 Dr. M. K. Jha, Co-CCPI, IIT, Kharagpur7 Dr. J.S.Mahal, CCPI, PAU, Ludhiana8 Dr. Rohinish Khurana, Co-CCPI, PAU, Ludhiana
Content Developers1. Dr. S. S. Kapdi, Professor, AAU Anand
2. Dr. H G.Bhatt, Associate Professor, AAU,Anand
3. Mr K. S. Damle, Asst.Professor, AAU, Anand4. Er. P.S.Parsania, Asst.Professor, AAU, Anand5. Dr. K. B.Vedmurthy, AAU, Anand
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6. Mr. N. M. Chavda, Asst.Professor, AAU, Anand7. Dr. D. Mohapatra, Asst.Professor, AAU, Anand8. Dr. S. H. Akbari, Associate Professor, AAU, Anand9. Er. R. B. Modi, Asst. Professor, AAU, Anand10. M.T. Kumpavat, Asst. Professor, AAU, Anand11. Dr. P. P. Sutar, Asst. Professor, AAU, Anand12. Er. V. K.Vala, Asst. Professor, AAU, Anand13. Mr. Harsh Sharma, Asst. Professor, AAU, Anand14. Er. G. Tagalepallewar, Asst, Professor, AAU, Anand15. Dr. A.K. Sharma, Associate Professor, AAU, Anand16. Dr. Y. D. Kale, Asst. Professor, ADIT, V.V.Nagar 17. Dr. S. Kumar, Professor, IIT Kharagpur18. Dr. C. Nahak, Associate Professor, IIT Kharagpur19. Dr. J. Kumar, Asst.Professor, IIT Kharagpur20. Dr. S.Kumar, Professor, IIT, Kharagppur21. Dr. P. Panigrahi ,Associate Professor, IIT, Kharagpur22. Dr. P.V.S.N. Murthy, Associate Professor, IIT, Kharagpur23. Dr.V. R. Desai, Professor, IIT Kharagpur 24. Dr.A. Mishra, Associate Professor, IIT Kharagpur25. Dr. S. N. Panda, Professor, IIT Kharagpur26. Dr. B. C. Sahoo, Associate Professor, OUAT, Bhubaneswar – 75100327. Dr. R. K. Panda, Professor, IIT Kharagpur28. Dr. N. S. Raghuwanshi, Professor, IIT Kharagpur
29. Dr. C. Chatterjee, Associate Professor, IIT Kharagpur30. Dr. Amit Shaw, Assistant Professor, IIT Kharagpur
31. Dr. K. Deb, Associate Professor, IIT Kharagpur
32. Dr. Jaspal Singh, Professor, PAU, Ludhiana
33. Er. Manpreet Kaur, Assistant Professor, PAU, Ludhiana34. Er. R.S.Gill, Assistant Professor, PAU, Ludhiana
35. Dr. Vishavjeet Hans, Associate Professor, PAU, Ludhiana
36. Er. Nater Singh,Associate Professor, PAU, Ludhiana37. Er. Ashwani Kumar, Assistant Professor, PAU, Ludhiana 38. Er. Sumit Chopra, Assistant Professor, PAU, Ludhiana39. Er. Bikramjit Singh, Assistant Professor, PAU, Ludhiana
40. Dr. Ritu Dogra, Associate Professor, PAU, Ludhiana41. Dr. Anoop Dixit, Research Engineer, PAU, Ludhiana
42. Dr. Vishal Bector, Associate Professor, PAU, Ludhiana43. Dr. Baldev Dogra, Research Engineer, PAU, Ludhiana
44. Dr. Manjit Singh, Research Engineer, PAU, Ludhiana45. Er. H.S. Dhingra, Associate Professor, PAU, Ludhiana
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46. Dr. G.S Manes, Sr. Research Engineer, PAU, Ludhiana
47. Er. Rajesh Goyal, Assistant Engineer, PAU, Ludhiana48. Er. N.K. Chhuneja, Associate Professor, PAU, Ludhiana
49. Dr. S.K. Singh, Research Engineer, PAU, Ludhiana50. Dr. Balaji Kannan, Assistant Professor , TNAU Coimbatore51. Dr. C. Divaker Durairaj, Dean I/c, TNAU Coimbatore
52. Dr. R. Thyagarajan, Asst. Professor, TNAU, Killikulam, Vallanad – 627 252
53. Dr. R. Lalitha, Professor, TNAU, Kumulur – 621 712
54. Dr. D.Tamil Mani, Professor, TNAU, Coimbatore
55. Dr. K. Nagarajan, Professor, TNAU, Coimbatore
56. Dr. K. Shanmuga Sundaram, Professor, TNAU, Coimbatore
57. Dr. B. Sridhar, Professor, TNAU, Coimbtore58. Dr. P. Venkatachalam, Professor, TNAU, Madurai
59. Dr. P. Subramanian, Professor, TNAU, Madurai60. Dr. P. Vijayakumary, Asst. Professor, TNAU, Kumulur – 621 71261. Dr.A. Surendrakumar, Professor, TNAU, Coimbtore
62. Dr. P. Kamaraj, Asst. Professor, TNAU, Kumulur 63. Dr. D. Anantha Krishnan, Professor, TNAU, Coimbatore
64. Mrs. R.Vasanthi, Asst. Professor, TNAU, Coimbatore
Sr. No. Contractual
1 Jay Trivedi, MCA, Sr. Research Fellow 06.01.2012 to 31.03.2014
2 Ms. Dhruti Vyas, MCA, Sr. Research Fellow 07.05.12 to 30.06.13
3 Parth Babbaria, M. Tech ( Agril Engg), Sr. Research Fellow
14.02.12 to 31.05.13
4 Ms. Swati Mane, M. Tech ( Agril Engg), Sr. Research Fellow
14.08.2013 to 31.01.2014
5 Ashit Shah, MCA, Sr. Research Fellow 16.08.2013 to 31.03.2014
6 Jaimini Barot, BCA, DEO 14.08.2013 to 31.03.2014
7 Maulik Kasari, MCA, DEO 14.08.2013 to 31.03.2014
8 Jignesh Mistry, B.Com, Office Asst. Continue till date9 Mahesh Tripathi, Sr. Research Fellow 27.06.2012 to 30.09.2013
10 Mou Samanta, Sr. Research Fellow 28.08.2012 to 02.11.2012
11 Sirisha Dhaveji, Sr. Research Fellow 07.01.2013 to 16.12.2013
12 Sanjay Mondal 15.03.2012 to 15.07.2012
13 Pulakesh Das 10.07.2012 to 05.07.2013
14 Kiran Sharma 20.07.2012 to till date
15 Gargi Mukherji 16.12.2013 to till date
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23. Governance, Management, Implementation and Coordination
A. Composition of the various committees (CIC, CAC, CMU, etc.)
S. No. Chairman(From-To)
Members(From-To)
1. CIC 1. Dr. D.C. Joshi,
C o n s o r t i u m
CPI, AAU,
Anand
2. Dr. K.N. Tiwari, CCPI, IIT, Kharagpur
3. Dr. J.S.Mahal, CCPI, PAU, Ludhiana
4. Dr. S. Santhana Bosu, CCPI, TNAU, Coimbatore
5. Dr. R. F. Sutar, Co-PI, AAU, Anand
6. Dr. M. K. Jha, Co-CCPI, IIT, Kharagpur
7. Dr. Rohinish Khurana, Co-CCPI, PAU, Ludhiana
8. Dr. R. Vishwanathan, Co-CCPI, TNAU, Coimbatore
9. Four Faculty Members, AAU, Anand
10. Four Faculty Members, IIT Khagarpur
11. Four Faculty Members, PAU, Ludhiana
12. Four Faculty Members, TNAU, Coimbatore2. CAC Vice Chancellor,
Anand Agricultural
University, Anand
1. Vice Chancellor, Junagadh Agricultural University,
Junagadh
2. Asst Director General (Engg), Indian Council of
Agricultural Research, New Delhi
3. Principal, A.D. Patel Institute of Technology, New
Vidyanagar
4. Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology,
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
5. Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering & Research
Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore
6. Head, Department of Agricultural & Food Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
7. Director Information Technology, Anand Agricultural
University, Anand
8. Registrar, Anand Agricultural University, Anand
9. Dr. D.C. Joshi, CPI of the Project, AAU, Anand.
10. Dr. K.N. Tiwari, CCPI of the Project, IIT, Kharagpur
11. Dr. J.S.Mahal, CCPI of the Project, PAU, Ludhiana
12. Dr. S. Santhana Bosu, CCPI of the Project, TNAU,
Coimbatore
13. Dr. R. F. Sutar, Co-PI of the Project, AAU, Anand
: Member Secretary
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A. List of Meetings organized (CIC, CAC, CMU, etc.)
S. No.
Details of the meeting Date Place & Address (Where meeting was
organized)1. CIC
Review Meeting with Course Content
Developers, AAU, Anand
September 21, 2012 AAU, Anand
Review Meeting with Course Content
Developers,
November 22, 2012 AAU, Anand
Review Meeting with Course Content
Developers, AAU, Anand
January 29, 2013 AAU, Anand
Review Meeting with Course Content
Developers, Anand
February 15, 2013 AAU, Anand
2. CACFirst Meeting of the Advisory Com-
mittee
February 2, 2012 Anand Agricultural
University, ANAND Second meeting of Advisory commit-
tee
February, 5, 2013 Anand Agricultural
University, ANAND Third meeting of Advisory committee June 16, 2014 Anand Agricultural
University, ANAND
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Launching workshop - cum- First Meeting of the Advisory Committee
Second Meeting of the Advisory Committee
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Workshop on Operationalization of e-courses
Dr. P. S. Pandey, National Coordinator Comp –I, addressing the
Dean /Principals of various Ag Engg colleges
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Distribution of Off-line version of e-courses on CD to the Dean /Principals of various Ag Engg colleges
Launching of the Off-line version of e-courses at ISAE Convention, Udaipur
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Part-III: Budget and its Utilization
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE (Final)(Period from 01.12.2011 to 30.06.2014)
Sanction Letter No. : F No Com-1/ICDS/e-courses(Agri Eng)/NAIP/O&M dtd 1.12.2011
Total Sub-project Cost :` INR 419,34,000/-
Duration of sub-project : 01.12.2011 to 30.06.2014
Total amount received : INR 229,02,656
Total expenditure : INR 229,02,656
Expenditure Head-wise: (in INR)
Sanctioned HeadsFunds
Allocat-ed (*)
Fund Re-leased
Funds Released Total Funds
Released1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year
A. Recurring Contingencies
TA 15.80 674886 37745 351106 286035 674886
Review meetings /Workshop
24.85 843869 176372 391289 276208 843869
Contractual Services 60.16 4351461 105187 1810379 2435895 4351461
Operational Expenses 152.28 7155941 347785 4579033 2229123 7155941
Sub-total (A) 253.09 13026157 667089 7131807 5227261 13026157
Institutional Charges (B) 18.38 672072 116671 267945 287456 672072
HRD
National Training 12.00 606865.00 0 606865 0 606865
International Training 21.00 278301.00 0 0 278301 278301
Sub-total (C) 33.00 885166 0 606865 278301 885166
Non-recurring
Indigenous Equip-ments
86.47 6656398.00 997596 5606985 51817 6656398
Furniture & conversion of lab
28.40 1662863.00 424568 1182882 55413 1662863
Sub-total (D) 114.87 8319261 1422164 6789867 107230 8319261
Total (A+B+C+D) 419.34 22902656 2205924 14796484 5900248 22902656
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