Irrigation and Drainage

By Prof. Damodhara Rao Mailapalli | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 1756

Agricultural engineering has been applying scientific principles for the optimal use of natural resources in agricultural production for the benefit of humankind. This particular course deals with application of both irrigation and drainage principles in agriculture for achieving profitable crop production with minimal environmental implications. This is one of the core courses of Agricultural Engineering program recommended for under graduate and graduate students. In this course we will focus on soil- water-plant-atmosphere relationship, crop water requirement, irrigation scheduling, irrigation water conveyance, measurement of irrigation water, water application methods, irrigation systems design and their performance evaluation, drainage of agricultural lands, management of salt affected soils, performance evaluation of drainage systems, ground water hydrology, irrigation wells and water-lifting devices-pumps. It involves weekly quizzes, in-class numerical problem solving, assignments and class tests.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Agricultural Engineering/Agricultural Sciences
PREREQUISITES : An introductory background in chemistry, physics and Maths (calculus) will be needed
INDUSTRY SUPPORT : All irrigation based companies

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Agricultural and Food Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	14 Sep 2020
End Date :	04 Dec 2020
Enrollment Ends :	25 Sep 2020
Exam Date :	20 Dec 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1 : Soil-Water-Plant-Atmosphere Relationship, Quiz-1, Problem set1

Week 2 : Crop Water Requirement and Irrigation Scheduling, Quiz-2, Problem set2
Week 3 : Irrigation Water Conveyance and Measurement of Irrigation Water, Quiz-3, Problem set3
Week 4 : Water Application Methods, Quiz-4, Problem set4
Week 5 : Irrigation Systems Design-1, Quiz-5, Problem set5
Week 6 : Irrigation Systems Design-2; class test, Quiz-6, Problem set6, Class test 1
Week 7 : Performance Evaluation of Irrigation System, Quiz-7, Problem set7
Week 8 : Drainage of Agricultural Lands, Quiz-8, Problem set8
Week 9 : Management of Salt affected soils, Quiz-9, Problem set9
Week 10 :Performance Evaluation of Drainage Systems, Quiz-10, Problem set10
Week 11 : Ground Water Hydrology, Quiz-11, Problem set11
Week 12 : Irrigation wells and Water-lifting devices-pumps; Quiz-12, Problem set12, Class test-2

Books and references

Irrigation & Drainage Eng., by Peter Waller and Muluneh Yitayew, Springer.
Fundamentals of Irrig. & On-farm Water Manage.: Vol 1 by M.H. Ali, Springer
Practices of Irrig. & On-farm Water Manage.: Volume 2, by M.H. Ali, Springer
Irrigation: Theory and practice by A.M. Michael, Vikas Publishing

Instructor bio

Prof. Damodhara Rao Mailapalli

IIT Kharagpur

Dr. D.R. Mailpalli graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Kharagpur with a Ph.D degree in 2007. After having 6 years of postdoctoral research experience from the U.S. universities (UC-Davis and UW-Madison), Dr. Mailapalli joined as a faculty at IIT-Kharagpur in 2013. Since then he has been teaching On-farm water management (theory and lab), Tube wells and pumps, Surface water hydrology and Non-point source pollution control and management at UG and PG level. His research interests are in agricultural water management, irrigation hydraulics, sediment and nutrients transport and non-point source pollution. He has published more than 30 research articles and 20 conference papers, volunteered as a reviewer for more than 30 research papers.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 20 December 2020 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

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