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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


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


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.

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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

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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


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

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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


February 15, 2013


10 TNAU, Coimbatore at Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Kumulur.

July 25, 2012 10 CCPI of respec-tive center


September 21, 2012


12 TNAU, Coimbatore Campus October 8, 2012



November 22, 2012


14 TNAU, Coimbatore Campus December 4, 2012



January 29, 2013


16 IIT, Kharagpur January 31, 2013


17 IIT, Kharagpur February 25, 2013


18 Reviewer Meeting, PAU, Ludhiana March 16, 2013


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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

-

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


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


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


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


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,


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


Developers,

November 22, 2012 AAU, Anand


Developers, AAU, Anand

January 29, 2013 AAU, Anand


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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