NPTEL : NOC:Micro Irrigation Engineering (Agriculture)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Kamlesh Narayan Tiwari


Lecture 1 - Micro-Irrigation: Introduction and Scope

Lecture 2 - Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics and its Application in MI

Lecture 3 - Soil Water Concept

Lecture 4 - Soil Water Constants and Infiltration

Lecture 5 - Tutorial 1 - Numerical Examples on Fluid Mechanics and Soil water

Lecture 6 - Evapotranspiration

Lecture 7 - Determination of Evapotranspiration

Lecture 8 - Crop Coefficients and Crop Water Requirement

Lecture 9 - Demonstration of Agro Metrological Instruments

Lecture 10 - Demonstration of Lysimeter

Lecture 11 - Tutorial 2 - Numerical Examples on Crop Water Requirement

Lecture 12 - Irrigation Scheduling

Lecture 13 - Soil and Plant Water Monitoring Instruments

Lecture 14 - Measurement of Irrigation Water

Lecture 15 - Irrigation Efficiency

Lecture 16 - Tutorial 3 - Numerical Examples on Irrigation water Management

Lecture 17 - Introduction of Water Lifts and Pumps

Lecture 18 - Variable Displacement Pumps

Lecture 19 - Irrigation Water Quality

Lecture 20 - Tutorial 4 - Numerical Examples on Water Measurements and Pumps

Lecture 21 - Irrigation methods

Lecture 22 - Micro Irrigation System: Concept and Types

Lecture 23 - Drip Irrigation: Introduction and Types

Lecture 24 - Drip Irrigation: Design Considerations and System Layout

Lecture 25 - Types and Selection of Emission Devices

Lecture 26 - Hydraulics Drip Irrigation System Pipe Network

Lecture 27 - Tutorial 5 - Numerical Example on Design of Drip Irrigation System

Lecture 28 - Fertigation

Lecture 29 - Fertigation Application Methods

Lecture 30 - Drip Irrigation: Filtration System

Lecture 31 - Tutorial 6 - Numerical Examples on Emission Devices and Fertigation

Lecture 32 - Installation and Operation of Drip Irrigation System

Lecture 33 - Maintenance of Drip Irrigation System

Lecture 34 - Demonstration of Drip Irrigation Components and Evaluation of Drip Emitter

Lecture 35 - Soil Water Movement under Drip Emitter

Lecture 36 - Design and Development of Drip Emitter

Lecture 37 - Tutorial 7- Numerical Examples on Drip Irrigation System

Lecture 38 - Micro Sprinkler Irrigation System

Lecture 39 - Bubbler Irrigation System

Lecture 40 - Sprinkler Irrigation System

Lecture 41 - Sprinkler Irrigation System Design

Lecture 42 - Performance Evaluation of Sprinkler Irrigation System

Lecture 43 - Tutorial 8 - Numerical Examples on Sprinkler Irrigation System

Lecture 44 - Tutorial 9 - Numerical Examples on Design of Sprinkler Irrigation System

Lecture 45 - Sprinkler Irrigation System: Layout, Installation, Operation and Maintenance

Lecture 46 - Standards and Quality Assurance of MIS Components

Lecture 47 - Standards and Quality Assurance of Sprinkler Irrigation System Components

Lecture 48 - Solar Photovoltaic System for Irrigation - Part 1

Lecture 49 - Solar Photovoltaic System for Irrigation - Part 2

Lecture 50 - Tutorial 10 - Numerical Examples on Solar PV Irrigation System

Lecture 51 - Automation of Micro Irrigation System - Part 1

Lecture 52 - Automation of Micro Irrigation System - Part 2

Lecture 53 - Automation of Micro Irrigation System - Part 3

Lecture 54 - Automation of Micro Irrigation System - Part 4

Lecture 55 - Economic Analysis of Micro Irrigation System - Part 1

Lecture 56 - Economic Analysis of MIS - Part 2

Lecture 57 - Economic Analysis of MIS - Part 3

Lecture 58 - Tutorial 11- Numerical Examples on Economics of Micro Irrigation System

Lecture 59 - Precision Agriculture

Lecture 60 - Micro Irrigation Engineering: Epilogue