Agricultural Engineering

The time required to prepare for the BTech Agricultural Engineering entrance exam cannot be said with any certainty, but you should start preparing at least 8 to 10 months before the exam is tentatively scheduled to take place so that you have enough time to cover the entire exam syllabus, at least all the high-weightage exam topics, practice last year's question papers, and have enough time for revision.

There are various entrance exams in India that serve as an entry point for admission to the BTech Agricultural Engineering course that are conducted at the national, state, and university levels. Some of the popular ones include JEE Main, with 80 colleges accepting the exam score; TNEA Counselling after 12th, which is taken into consideration by more than 75 colleges in Tamil Nadu; ICAR AIEEA is accepted by more than 50 colleges, and CUET and MHT CET, which are considered by more than 25 BTech in Agriculture Engg. colleges.

The admission process for the BTech in Agricultural Engineering course can easily take around 3 to 5 months to complete. This is because every college adheres to their own admission guidelines that involve a lot of formalities, including entrance exams, college applications, results, merit cutoffs, college counseling, seat allotment, and fee payment.

There are about 60 seats available for the Agriculture Engineering specialisation at GBPUAT. The department of Agriculture Engineering is further divide into 4 courses. They include Farm Machinery and Power Egineering, Irrgation and Drainage Engineering, Post-Harvest Process Food and Engineering, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering.

No, graduates from Diploma in Agriculture Engineering cannot gain direct entry to B.Tech CSE based on Andhra Pradesh ECET (AP ECET). Andhra Pradesh ECET admits Diploma holders on a lateral basis (second year direct admission) into B.Tech courses but only up to related branches of engineering. 

IIT Kharagpur is offering PG/MS/Ph.D programmes in Agriculture and Food Engineering. The admission are made through GATE/CSIR/UGC etc.