About The Book

Agricultural engineering is a multidisciplinary branch where some civil engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering courses are also offered. Therefore, at the time of preparation for entrance tests and competitive examinations, it is difficult to go through all textbooks within the limited time frame. In the competitive examinations, it has been observed that generally objective type questions, multiple-choice questions, fill in the blanks, true/false, and some short calculations are asked. This book, "A quick revision on Farm Power and Energy," is a nutshell of the concerned field, primarily for the students of undergraduate courses in the agricultural and mechanical engineering discipline. This book will be helpful to the candidates preparing for GATE, JRF, NET, ARS, and other examinations. Further, this book will also benefit the students of Diplomas in engineering in the discipline mentioned above. However, the authors are not claiming as a substitute to acquire in-depth knowledge in the field.

About Author

Dr. Pramod Chandra Dihingia is presently working as Assistant Professor in Agricultural Engineering
and Technology Department, School of Engineering and Technology, Nagaland University (A Central
University), Dimapur, Nagaland. He completed his Ph. D. from Assam University, Silchar, Assam
during 2019.
He has six years of research and academic experience at the university level. Before joining
in Nagaland University, he worked for 17 years at North Eastern Region Farm Machinery Training
and Testing Institute, Government of India, Biswanath Chariali, Assam, in various capacities. His
areas of research interest are Design and development of farm machinery, Assessment of energy
utilization during operation of farm machinery, and Study of Ergonomics associated with farm
machinery and its consideration in Design.
Dr. C. B. Khobragade completed Degree of Bachelor in Agricultural Engineering from Dr. PDKV, Akola
(M.S.), Master of Engineering in Agricultural Engineering with specialization in Renewable Energy
Sources from CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur (Raj.), and Ph. D. in Agricultural Engineering & Technology with
specialization Renewable Energy Sources from CAET, Dr. BSKKV, Dapoli (M.S.). He qualified GATE,
ICAR examinations in 2005, and NET examination in 2012. He has published 03 books, 02 book
chapters, 16 research papers, and more than 25 Abstracts. He worked as Senior Research Fellow at
Udaipur (Raj.), Research Associate at Almora (Uttarakhand) and Assistant Professor at Jalgaon,
Buldana (M.S.). Presently, he has been working as Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural
Engineering at Assam University (A Central University), Silchar (Assam) from 2014 to till date.
Dr. Prasanna Kumar G.V. completed his Ph. D from IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal. He is presently
working as Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, National
Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship & Management (NIFTEM), Kundli, Sonipat, Haryana.
He also served as HoD in the Department of Agricultural Engineering at Assam University (A
Central University), Silchar, Assam. His areas of specialization are Post-harvest engineering, Low-

temperature drying, Heat recovery and process integration, Renewable energy applications,
Mechanisms and machine theory, Soft computing application, and Research methods. He has
published more than 50 research papers in reputed journals and 30 abstracts in different
conferences.