Address: Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabi Bagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal - 462038 (Madhya Pradesh) India

 Mandate

    Research on agricultural mechanisation, post-harvest food processing, and energy management in agriculture
    Human resource developement and capacity building through outreach and training programs; commercialization and utilization of agricultural engineering technologies

Objectives

    Undertake basic, applied and adaptive research leading to a development, improvement of equipment, technology,  process for crop production, irrigation and drainage, post-harvest technology and processing, and energy-use in agriculture and rural industries
    Develop hardware and technology in cooperation with other ICAR Institutes in the area of crops, horticulture, aquaculture and animal husbandry for production and processing
    Provide leadership and co-ordinate network of research with state agricultural universities for generating location-specific technologies
    Provide input to ICAR on policy intervention with respect to agricultural mechanization, energy management in agriculture, irrigation and drainage and post harvest technology
    Provide consultancy and undertake sponsored research from industry and other organization Act as a repository of information on agricultural engineering
    Act as a Center for training in research methodologies and technology and conduct post graduate education programme leading to Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Agricultural Engineering
    Collaborate with relevant national and international agencies in achieving the above objectives.