Water Technology Centre
Head of Division : Dr. A. K. Singh
Main activities of the Division in brief :
To conduct basic and applied research on all aspects of Water Management in agriculture and develop technologies for improved water management
To participate in the teaching programmes of IARI for develping human resources and organise training programmes to train in service field and research personnell working in the area of water management in agriculture
Disseminate knowledge developed through appropriate documentation
Projects in progress along with name of the Project Leaders :
Planing and Management of Land and Water Resources and Evaluation of Irrigation Systems - Dr. A. Singh
Water and Nutrient Management for Sustainable Crop Production - Dr. A. K. Singh
Development of On-Farm Water Management Technologies - Dr. A. K. Bhattacharya
Drought tolerance mechanism in crops - Prof. S. K. Sinha (National Professor)
Monocarpic senescence in relation to sink size an drought - Dr. R. K. Chopra
List of Post Graduate courses offered
Water resources management - I, Elements of hydraulics, Soil Water Plant Environment systems,
Water resources management - II,
Crop water requirements and irrigation planning,
/PP 250 Stress physiology,
Ag. Econ. 225 Economic analysis of water use,
Soil and water quality and irrigation management,
/AE 251 Soil and water conservation engineering,
/AE 252 Watershed Management,
Environmental impact assessment of irrigation projects, Diagnostic analysis and performance evaluation of irrigation projects
