Faculty members have achieved the following recognition :–
- Delivered invited talks on AI in Agricultural Mechanization (Jan 2026), C-DAC, Kolkata, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India
- Rendered Professional Expert Service at MHRD, Govt. of India; Public Service Commission, Govt. of India, IIT Kharagpur and other institutes of ICAR and CSIR.
- Acting as Chairman of a Local Advisory Committee of DST Sponsored project at CSIR-CMERI (2025-2027).
- Acting as Task Force Member, Agricultural and Food Processing, Eastern Region, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
- Working as resource Persons at UGC, PSC, ICAR, NTA and MHRD.
- Proving expert service at academic Boards, SAUs and Central Institutes and different journal publishing bodies.
The department has developed few appropriate implements and machineries for small scale farm holdings of marginal farmers.
Based on masters and doctoral research work, design patents have been filed and one design registration has been granted in 2025.
Granted Design Patents :-
Design Application Details- Power Tiller operated Strip-Till Multi-Crop Planter
Application Number- 456664-001
CBR Date- 25/04/2025
Applicant Name- Dr. Sunil Kumar, Prof. S. Karmakar, Suvendu Bhattachariee, Kingshuk Sarkar.
Applied Design patents :-
1. Design Application Details :-
Application Number- 458873-001
CBR Date- 15/05/2025
Applicant Name- Suvendu Bhattachariee, Prof. S. Karmakar, Kingshuk Sarkar, Dr.(Er.) Sunil Kumar, Moinuddin Sk.
2.Design Application Details :-
Application Number- 481286-001
CBR Date- 23/11/2025
Applicant Name- Moinuddin Sk, Prof. S. Karmakar, Suvendu Bhattachariee, Kingshuk Sarkar.
The Department is Engaged in Providing Technical Inputs to the
Prof. S. Karmakar
Research Impact is as follows: Citations - 2193; h-index - 16; i10 index – 18
Future Plan of the Department
Research work on
A. Numerical modelling and simulation using :-
1. Discrete element modelling (DEM) of tillage dynamics
B. Precision agriculture (AI, ML and IoT controlled) on the following aspects :–
1. Unmanned ground vehicle for weed detection
2. Machine for herbicide and pesticide application
3. Development of control system for real time data acquisition for farm vehicles.
C. Renewable energy generation :-
1. Bio-char as a source of energy and fertiliser
2. Solar energy based farm machines