Review questions, multiple choice questions and solved numerical problems are suitably placed at the end of each chapter, wherever required, to help students to check their knowledge and grasping of the subject. Efforts have been made to write this book conforming to the course curriculum to enable students to use this book as a text. The tools, implements or machineries have been described in a simple language supported with line diagrams and photographs for better understanding. The students will find this book valuable for their continuing education as well as for various competitive examinations.
Besides B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering) students, the book is also beneficial for the students of Diploma in Agricultural Engineering and B.Sc. Agricultural Sciences for their paper on ‘Farm Machinery’.
TRIVENI PRASAD SINGH, PhD, is Professor, Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Technology at Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttrakhand). He has also served as Joint Director, Extension Education (Engineering) and as member of several important committees of the university as well as expert member of Agricultural Scientists Recruitments Board (ASRB).
A passionate researcher on agriculture machineries, conservation machineries and seeding machineries, Dr. Triveni Prasad is also a co-inventor of ‘Pantnagar Zero-till Ferti–Seed Drill’. He has published a number of articles in various national and international journals and is a much sought-after research guide.
A passionate researcher on agriculture machineries, conservation machineries and seeding machineries, Dr. Triveni Prasad is also a co-inventor of ‘Pantnagar Zero-till Ferti–Seed Drill’. He has published a number of articles in various national and international journals and is a much sought-after research guide.