Saveetha Engineering College (SEC) is affiliated under Anna University, Chennai and approved by AICTE. It is ranked 201 among top BTech colleges by NIRF 2020 Rankings. They have a faculty strength of 274 members.

Agriculture Engineering involves machine efficiency, power supplies, environmental issues, storage, processing, and growth of agricultural products. Agriculture Engineers focus on applying the principles of engineering for the improvement of the agricultural sector.

The table given below shows a brief overview of the institute:

Agriculture Engineering Facilities 

• 45 acres of farmland for research and training.
• High-end Agri-Tech laboratories.
• Exclusive Incubation Centre for Idea generation and Collaboration.
• Open access to Farming Data, Research, and Equipment.
• Support and Knowledge network including Farmers, Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Academicians.
• The labs provided include Crop Husbandry Lab; Surveying and Levelling Laboratory; CADD; Soil Science Laboratory.
• The curriculum is incorporated with 21st-century skills to prepare the students for Industry 4.0.

Course Scope

Students graduating with agricultural engineering can work as Agricultural production and research engineers, conservation engineers, farm equipment engineers, agricultural research engineers, biosystems engineers, etc.

Recruiting Sectors

The top recruiters of the agricultural engineers in India are Nestle India Ltd, AMUL Dairy, SRIJAN, Shriram fertilizers and chemicals, Animal breeding centre, Sungro Seeds Ltd, etc. state government, food, and processing department, research department also have a high demand for agricultural engineers.

With more technological advancement many notable changes are taking place in the techniques of agricultural production. It is the highest contributor to the Indian economy. Agriculture Engineers assess and analyze the environmental impacts on agricultural growth, supervise the construction of drainage and irrigation, test and install new harvesters, logging machinery.