Syllabus VI To VIII Sem-Smart AgriTech (2023-24)
Syllabus VI To VIII Sem-Smart AgriTech (2023-24)
SYLLABUS OF
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COURSE
Smart Agritech
Course Objectives:
As a result of successfully completing this course, students will:
Learn and understand RFID Technology
Learn and understand wireless sensor network
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
CO-1: Describe the overview of RFID and it’s enabling technologies.
CO-2: Apply the concept of radio frequency and its application in RFID enabled technologies.
CO-3: Describe the overview of wireless sensor networks and it’s enabling technologies.
CO-4: Apply various concepts for assignment of MAC addresses.
CO-5: Apply the design principles of WSN architectures and operating systems for simulating
environment situations.
Suggested Books:
1. Klaus Finkenzeller, RFID Handbook, WILEY & SONS
2. Fundamentals of Wireless Sensor Networks: theory and practice by Waltenegus Dargie,
Christian Poellabauer
3. RFID and Sensor Networks Architecture, Protocols, Security and integration by Yan Zhang,
Laurence
4. T. Yang, Jining.
5. Ian F. Akyildiz, and Mehmet Can Vuran, Wireless Sensor Networks, 2010, Wiley, USA.
6. Wireless Sensor Networks Technology, protocols and applications by Kazem Sohraby,
Daniel Minoli Taieb Znati, John Wiley & Sons, Inc Publication
Course Objectives:
As a result of successfully completing this course, students will:
To develop a foundation in machine learning techniques.
To learn basic concepts and process for machine learning.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
CO-1: Understand the important steps of machine learning algorithms and related concepts.
CO-2: Explain various Machine learning algorithms and their concepts.
CO-3: Apply various machine learning algorithms on a given data set.
CO-4: Compare variants of machine learning algorithms on the basis of their merits, demerits,
performance
CO-5: Understand the concept of Reinforcement learning and Recommended system
Suggested Books:
1. Mitchell M., T., Machine Learning, McGraw Hill (1997) 1stEdition.
2. Kevin Murphy, Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective, MIT Press, 2012
3. Ethem Alpaydin, Introduction to Machine Learning, MIT Press, 2004
4. Tom Mitchell, Machine Learning, McGraw Hill, 1997.
5. Pat Langley , Elements of Machine Learning, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc. 1995.
ISBN 1- 55860-301-8
6. Bishop M., C., Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Springer-Verlag (2011) 2ndEdition.
Michie D., Spiegelhalter J. D., Taylor C. C., Campbell, J., Machine Learning, Neural and
Statistical Classification. Overseas Press (1994).
3 Crop condition and stress assessment using RS techniques, RS and GIS applications
in crop inventory, and Crop yield modeling using remote sensing. 6
6 Land use/land cover – basic concept and classification, Land use/land cover mapping
through remote sensing, Land evaluation for optimal land use planning. 7
TOTAL 37
Suggested Books
1. Anji Reddy, M., Geoinformatics for Environmental Management. B.S. Publications, 2004.
2. Gupta, R.P., Remote Sensing Geology. Springer, 1990.
3. Verlag. Jensen,J.R., Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth resource Perspective.
Prentice Hall, 2000.
4. Gonzales, R.C. and Woods, R.E., “Digital Image Processing”, 2nd Ed., Pearson Education. 2006
5. Jain, A.K., “Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing”, Prentice Hall. 2004
6. Lillesand, T.M. and R.W. Kiefer, “Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation”, 4th Ed., John
Wiley. 2000
7. Mather, P.M., “Computer Processing of Remotely Sensed Images”, John Wiley. 1999
8. Schowengerdt, R.A., “Remote Sensing – Models and Methods for Image Processing”, Academic
Press.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To analyze different planning activities needed during the operations stage of a manufacturing or a
agriculture service industries.
2. To apply productivity techniques for achieving continuous improvement in agriculture and allied sector
.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Student will be able to
1. CO1: Analyze the way price of a product affects the demand for a product for consequent actions
and predict demand for a product by making use of different demand forecasting techniques.
2. CO-2: Explain Break even analysis to determine safe production levels and costing of industrial
products.
3. CO-3: Apply productivity techniques for continuous improvement in different functionalities of an
agriculture industry.
4. CO-4: Analyze the existing operations that happen in factories for establishing time standards for
different activities.
5. Demonstrate the knowledge of selection of location for the new plant & optimizing the layout within
the plant for smooth production.
S. No Contents Hours
1 Material Handling and Plant Maintenance: Types of Material Handling Equipment,
Relationship of Material Handling with Plant Layouts, Operation and Maintenance of Material
Handling Equipment. Plant Maintenance: Maintenance policies; preventive, break down and 8
corrective action. Different Types of Layouts Viz. Product, Process and Combination and
Development of Plant Layout.
2 Production Planning and Control – Types of production, Function of production planning and
control, Sales Forecasting Techniques, Product Design, Process Planning, Machine Loading, 8
Routing and Scheduling, Dispatching, Controlling, Progress Reporting, Corrective Action.
3 Materials Management and Inventory Control: Field and scope of material management,
Material Requirement Planning and programme, Inventory Control: Classification of Costs, Direct
and Indirect Cost, Labour, Material and Over-Head, Prime Cost, Factory Cost, Fixed Cost, Variable
Cost, Increment Cost, Allocation of Over-Head Costs, Break even Analysis, Types of Inventories, 8
Determining Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), Quantity Discounts, Lead Time and Re-order Level,
ABC, VED, FSN Models, Re-order Cycle Systems, Procedure for Purchase and Storage.
4 Work Study and Motion Study - Use and Applications, Techniques, Human Factors in the
Application of Work Study, Method Study Objectives, Basic Procedure, Various Charting
Techniques, Use of Photographic Techniques, SIMO Charts, Principles of Motion Economy, 8
Work Measurement Techniques, Time Study, Work Sampling, Predetermined Motion Time
Standards (PMTS), Analytical Estimation.
5 Personnel Management: Basic Introduction to Acts related to Industries: Labour Legislation:
Indian Factory Act, Payment of Wages Acts, Workman's Compensation Act, Trade Union Act,
Industrial Dispute Act, Employees State Insurance Act, Minimum Wages Act. Industrial Relations
Management: Union Relations, Trade Union Movement and Collective Bargaining, Employee’s 8
Participation in Management. Wage Payment System: Job evaluation, Merit Rating Methods of
Wage Payment, Time Wages, Piece Wages System and Incentive Schemes.
6 Agricultural Industrial Zones of India
Brief introduction to major agricultural industrial zones of India and Visit to nearby agricultural 2
engineering zones
Total 42
TEXT BOOKS
1. Industrial Engineering and Management, Ravi Shankar, Galgotia, 2nd Ed.
2. Khanna, O.P. - Industrial Engineering and Management, Dhanpat Rai Publishers, New delhi, 2020
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Maynard’s Industrial Engineering Handbook, 5th Edition, Kjell B. Zandin, he McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc
2. Dalela, S. and Mansuor Ali - Industrial Engineering and Management systems, Standard
Distributors and Publishers, New Delhi, 2010, 6 th Ed.
3. Motion and Time Study: Design and Measurement of Work, 7th Edition, John Wiley, New York.
4. ILO - Introduction to Work Study, International Labor Office , Geneva.
5. Jain, K.C. and Agarwal, L. N. – Production Planning Control & Industrial Management, Khanna
Publishers, New Delhi.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
CO-1: Explain the core concepts of the cloud computing paradigm
CO-2: Discuss system, network and storage virtualization and outline their role in enabling
the cloud computing system model.
CO-3: Understanding security architecture of cloud infrastructure
Suggested Books:
1. Rajkumar Buyya, James Broberg, Andrzej M. Goscinski: "Cloud Computing: Principles and
Paradigms", Wiley, 2011
2. Rajkumar Buyya, Christian Vecchiola, S Thamarai Selvi, Mastering Cloud Computing, Tata
McGraw Hill, 2013
3. Barrie Sosinsky: "Cloud Computing Bible", Wiley-India, 2010
4. Ronald L. Krutz, Russell Dean Vines: "Cloud Security: A Comprehensive Guide to Secure
Cloud Computing", Wiley-India, 2010
5. Tim Mather, Subra Kumara swamy, Shahed Latif, Cloud Security and Privacy: An Enterprise
Perspective on Risks and Compliance, O'Reilly Media, 2009
Course Objectives:
As a result of successfully completing this course, students will:
The objective of this course is to provide a foundation to the fast-growing field of AR and
make the students aware of the various AR devices.
To give historical and modern overviews and perspectives on virtual reality. It
describes the fundamentals of sensation, perception, technical and engineering aspects of
virtual reality systems.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
CO-1: Describe how AR systems work and list the applications of AR.
CO-2: Understand and analyze the hardware requirement of AR.
CO-3: Describe how VR systems work and list the applications of VR.
CO-4: Understand the design and implementation of the hardware that enables VR systems to be
built.
Suggested Books:
1. Allan Fowler-AR Game Development‖, 1st Edition, A press Publications, 2018, ISBN 978-
1484236178
2. Augmented Reality: Principles & Practice by Schmalstieg / Hollerer, Pearson Education India;
First edition (12 October 2016), ISBN-10: 9332578494
3. Virtual Reality, Steven M. LaValle, Cambridge University Press, 2016.
4. Understanding Virtual Reality: Interface, Application and Design, William R Sherman and Alan
B Craig, (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)”. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,
San Francisco, CA, 2002.
5. Developing Virtual Reality Applications: Foundations of Effective Design, Alan B Craig, William
R Sherman and Jeffrey D Will, Morgan Kaufmann, 2009
6. Designing for Mixed Reality, Kharis O'Connell Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2016, ISBN:
9781491962381
Course Objectives:
To understand the basics of computer, network and information security.
To study operating system security and malwares.
To acquaint with security issues in internet protocols.
To analyze the system for vulnerabilities.
Course Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to
Use cryptographic techniques in secure application development.
Apply methods for authentication, access control, intrusion detection and prevention.
To apply the scientific method for security assessment.
To develop computer forensics awareness.
Understand the basic concepts of cyber security and cyber-crimes.
Understand the security policies and cyber laws.
Suggested Books:
1. William Stallings, Computer Security: Principles and Practices, Pearson 6 Ed, ISBN 978-0-13-
335469-0
2. Bernard L. Menezes, Ravinder Kumar, Cryptography, Network Security, and Cyber Laws 1st
Edition, Cengage India Private Limited, ISBN 9789386858948
3. Nina Godbole, SunitBelapure , Cyber Security- Understanding Cyber Crimes, Computer
Forensics and Legal Perspectives, Wiely India Pvt.Ltd, ISBN- 978-81-265-2179-1
4. BruiceSchneier , Applied Cryptography- Protocols, Algorithms and Source code in C,
Algorithms, Wiely India Pvt Ltd, 2nd Edition, ISBN 978-81-265-1368-0.
5. CK Shyamala et el., Cryptography and Security, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd, ISBN-978-81-265-
2285-9.
6. BerouzForouzan, Cryptography and Network Security, TMH, 2 edition, ISBN -978-00-707-
0208-0.
7. Mark Merkow, Information Security-Principles and Practices, Pearson Ed., ISBN- 978-81-317-
1288-7.
8. SunitBelapure and Nina Godbole, “Cyber Security: Understanding Cyber Crimes, Computer
Forensics And Legal Perspectives”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd, ISBN: 978-81- 265-21791, Publish
Date 2013.
9. Dr. Surya PrakashTripathi, RitendraGoyal, Praveen Kumar Shukla, KLSI. “Introduction to
information security and cyber laws”. Dreamtech Press. ISBN: 9789351194736, 2015
Course Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
CO-1: Develop practical skills in implementing and training machine learning models
using various algorithms and techniques.
CO-2: Gain hands-on experience in preprocessing and analyzing real-world datasets for
machine learning tasks.
CO-3: Acquire proficiency in using industry-standard tools and libraries for machine
learning and AI development.
CO-4: Learn to evaluate model performance, interpret results, and make data-driven decisions.
CO-5: Apply ethical considerations and address potential biases in the design and
implementation of machine learning systems.
S. List of Experiments
No.
1 Implement and demonstrate the FIND-S algorithm for finding the most specific
hypothesis based on a given set of training data samples. Read the training data from a
.CSV file.
2 For a given set of training data examples stored in a .CSV file, implement and
demonstrate the Candidate-Elimination algorithm to output a description of the set of all
hypotheses consistent with the training examples.
3 Write a program to demonstrate the working of the decision tree based ID3 algorithm.
Use an appropriate data set for building the decision tree and apply this knowledge to
classify a new sample
4 Build an Artificial Neural Network by implementing the Backpropagation algorithm and
test the same using appropriate data sets
6 Write a program to implement the naïve Bayesian classifier for a sample training data set
stored as a .CSV file. Compute the accuracy of the classifier, considering few test data
sets.
7 Write a program to construct a Bayesian network considering medical data. Use this
model to demonstrate the diagnosis of heart patients using standard Heart Disease Data
Set. You can use Java/Python ML library classes/API.
8 Apply EM algorithm to cluster a set of data stored in a .CSV file. Use the same data set
for clustering using k-Means algorithm. Compare the results of these two algorithms and
comment on the quality of clustering. You can add Java/Python ML library classes/API
in the program.
9 Write a program to implement k-Nearest Neighbour algorithm to classify the iris data set.
Print both correct and wrong predictions. Java/Python ML library classes can be used for
this problem.
Suggested Books:
Perform these experiments using Image processing software or GIS software for:
S. List of Experiments
No.
1 Digital image enhancements for vegetation/forest
2 Various Indices analysis i.e NDVI, SAVI, etc.
3 Land use / land cover mapping
4 Vegetation mapping from satellite images
6 Land utilization mapping
7 Soil mapping
8 Crop estimation studies
Course Objectives
1. To Impart the Knowledge to the students with MATLAB software.
2. To provide a working introduction to the MATLAB technical computing environment.
3. To introduce students the use of a high-level programming language, MATLAB.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to;
1. Understand the basics of MATLAB
2. Understand solving linear and polynomial equations using MATLAB
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Study of Introduction to MATLAB
1.
Study of basic matrix operations
2.
Script Files and Function Files
3.
To solve linear equation, Gaussian Elimination
4.
Determination of Eigen values and Eigen vectors of a Square matrix
5.
Polynomial Curve Fitting, Least Square Curve Fitting
6.
Numerical Integration (Quadrature), Double Integration
7.
A first-order linear ODE, A second-order linear ODE
8.
Synthesis of Four bar chain mechanism
9.
Determination of roots of a polynomial
10.
Basics of 2-D and 3-D plots
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Course Objectives
1. To provide understanding of principles of automation,
2. To provide knowledge of automated flow lines and their types
3. To provide knowledge on concepts of Robotics, kinematics of robot.
4. To provide knowledge on principles of robot drives and controls
5. To provide understanding of sensors used in robots and programming methods.
Course Outcomes
Student will be able to;
1. Understand about automation, their types, components and strategies of automation.
2. Find suitable automation for the given problem in industries according to product development.
3. Understand about the industrial robots, their constructional features and kinematics. Do robot
programming
4. Appreciate the applications of robotics and be able to apply economic measures to justify
advantages of robots in industry.
S. No Contents
Introduction to Automation: Need, type, basic elements of automated systems,
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TEXT BOOKS
1. R K Mittal and I J Nagrath, Robotics and Control, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004.
2. Saha S.K., Introduction to Robotics, Tata Mc Graw-Hill, 2 nd Ed.
3. S R Deb, Robotics Technology and Flexible Automation, Tata Mc Graw-Hill, 1994.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Mikell P. Groover, “Automation, Production Systems and Computer Integrated
Manufacturing”, Pearson Education, 2007
2. James A. Rehg, Henry W. Kraebber, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Pearson Education.
2007
3. Donald Hearn and M.Pauline Baker “Computer Graphics” with OpenGL Prentice Hall,
International, 2010
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Equip students with knowledge and skills to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate agricultural
projects.
2. Develop an understanding of resource allocation, budgeting, and risk management in agricultural
ventures.
3. Foster analytical and decision-making abilities for solving real-life agricultural project challenges.
4. Enable students to assess the impact of projects on rural development and sustainability.
COURSE OUTCOMES
1. Understand the principles of project management in the agricultural sector.
2. Be able to prepare detailed project proposals, including feasibility studies and financial planning.
3. Develop competencies in stakeholder management and conflict resolution.
4. Analyze the success and impact of agricultural projects using various tools and frameworks.
5. Learn to manage agricultural projects sustainably and align them with development goals.
S. No Contents Hours
1 Introduction to Agricultural Project Management
Overview of project management: Definition and importance. Types of
agricultural projects (production, value chain, rural development). Key stages 8
of project management: Initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and
closure. Stakeholders in agricultural projects.
2 Project Planning and Feasibility Analysis
Preparing project plans and objectives. Resource assessment: Land, labor,
capital, and technology. Market and demand analysis for agricultural products. 10
Financial feasibility: Budgeting, cost estimation, and profitability analysis. Risk
analysis and mitigation strategies.
3 Implementation and Resource Management
Resource allocation and optimization. Scheduling tools: Gantt charts, PERT,
and CPM. Procurement and supply chain management in agriculture. Labor 8
and workforce management in projects. Technology integration in agricultural
project execution.
4 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting
Importance of monitoring and evaluation in projects. Tools for project
monitoring: KPIs and dashboards. Impact assessment of agricultural projects. 8
Preparing project reports and documentation. Case studies of successful
agricultural projects.
5 Sustainability and Strategic Management in Projects
Concepts of sustainability in agriculture. Strategic alignment of projects with
SDGs. Public-private partnerships in agricultural projects. Innovation and 8
entrepreneurship in agricultural project management. Emerging trends: Digital
tools and AI in project planning.
Total 28
Reference Books:
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To understand the fundamentals of agricultural marketing and its role in the agricultural economy.
2. To analyze the challenges and opportunities in agricultural marketing systems.
3. To develop skills for planning and decision-making in agricultural marketing.
4. To explore the role of government, technology, and policies in shaping agricultural marketing.
5. To equip students with knowledge about market structures, price determination, and export-import
trade of agricultural commodities
COURSE OUTCOMES
S. No Contents Hours
1. Raghunath, H.M. 2006. Hydrology: Principles Analysis and Design. Revised 2nd Edition,
New Age International (P) Limited Publishers, New Delhi.
2. Subramanya, K. 2008. Engineering Hydrology. 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
Co., New Delhi.
3. Suresh, R. 2005. Watershed Hydrology. Standard Publishers Distributors, Delhi.
4. Michael A.M. 2012. Irrigation: Theory and Practice. Vikas Publishing House New Delhi.
5. Michael AM, Shrimohan and KR Swaminathan. Design and evaluation of irrigation
methods, (IARI Monograph No.1). Water Technology Centre, IARI New Delhi.
6. Murthy VVN. 2013. Land and Water Management Engineering. Kalyani Publishers, New
Delhi.
7. Suresh, R. 2014. Soil and Water Conservation Engineering. Standard Publisher Distributors,
New Delhi.
8. Michael AM. and Ojha TP. 2014. Principles of Agricultural Engineering Vol-II, 5th Edition.
Jain Brothers Publication, New Delhi.
9. Singh Neeraj Partap. 2010. Landscape Irrigation and Floriculture Terminology, Bangalore.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To provide understanding of principles of automation,
2. To provide knowledge of automated flow lines and their types
3. To provide knowledge on concepts of Robotics, kinematics of robot.
4. To provide knowledge on principles of robot drives and controls
S. No Contents Hours
1 Introduction to Automation: Need, type, basic elements of automated systems,
manufacturing industries, types of production, functions in manufacturing, 6
organization and information processing in manufacturing, automation strategies
and levels of automation.
Hardware components for automation and process control, mechanical feeders,
hoppers, orienters.
2 Automated flow lines: Part transfer methods and mechanisms, types of flow lnes,
flow lines with and without buffer storage. Quantitative analysis of flow lines. 5
Assembly line balancing: Assembly process and system assembly line, line
balancing methods, ways of improving line balance, flexible assembly lines
3 Industrial Robotics: classification of robot configuration, functional line diagram,
degree of freedom, components common types of arms, joints grippers, factors to
be considered in the design of grippers.
Robot Actuators: actuators, pneumatic, hydraulic actuators, electric & steeper 5
motors, comparison, Position sensors, potentiometers, resolvers, encoders, velocity
sensors, tactile sensors, proximity sensors.
4 Manipulator Kinematics: Robot Kinematics, Direct and inverse kinematics,
Robot trajectories, trajectory planning and avoidance of obstacles path planning,
joint integrated motion, Control of robot manipulators 5
Robot dynamics: Differential transformations, Jacobians, Lagarange, Eulers and
Newton – Eulers formations, Methods for orientation and location of objects.
5 Methods of Robot Programming: Characteristics of task level languages lead 5
through programming methods, software packages, Motion interpolation.
Robot applications in Material transfer, handling, loading and unloading, welding,
painting, assembly and inspection.
TEXT BOOKS
1. R K Mittal and I J Nagrath, Robotics and Control, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004.
2. Saha S.K., Introduction to Robotics, Tata Mc Graw-Hill, 2nd Ed.
3. S R Deb, Robotics Technology and Flexible Automation, Tata Mc Graw-Hill, 1994.
REFERENCE BOOKS
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To study introduction of packaging / smart packaging, Packaging Materials, and Processes of smart
packaging techniques.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Student will be able to
1. CO1: Students will be able to understand the packaging and need for smart packaging.
2. CO-2: Students will able to understand the role of non-absorbent and absorbent substrates used in
smart packaging.
3. CO-3: Students will be able to explore the RFID / Near Field Communications and in packaging
applications.
4. CO-4: Students will be able to understand the practical implementation stages involved in the smart
packaging systems.
S. No Contents Hours
1 Basic introduction of packaging: Need & Evolution of Packaging, Definitions
of Packaging, Basic Requirements - Protection, Preservation, Containment,
8
Machinability, Communication, Re-use and Recyclability, Types of Packaging,
Packaging Hazards – Storage, Transportation, Chemical, Climatic, Biological.
2 Raw Materials in Packaging: Basic requirements of Packaging, Non-absorbent
materials for Packaging such as Cellophane, Polyethylene, Polypropylene, PET
A, PET G, Aluminum Foil, PVC, PS, Biodegradable and Eco-friendly Packaging, 8
Absorbent materials such as Paper and Board, Wood, Glass and Metals,
Properties, and Applications of the packaging materials.
3 Basics of Smart Packaging: Introduction to smart packaging, concepts of active
and intelligent packaging, need of smart packaging and Key features of smart
packaging, Advantages of smart packaging, Types of intelligent packaging,
8
interactive packaging, sensors and indicators-based packaging, selection
strategies of intelligent packaging, Implementation examples of the smart
packaging in various sectors like food packaging, pharma, and retail sectors.
4 Introduction to RFID: RFID Principles and components, Types of tags, antenna
and readers, Role of RFID in smart packaging, Communication in RFID, types of
6
RFID Wireless Sensor Networks: History and Context, Node, Connecting nodes,
Networking Nodes, WSN and IoT
TEXT BOOKS
1. A. S. Athayle, (1992), Plastics in Packaging, Tata McGraw-Hill Publication.
2. A. S. Athayle, (1992), Plastics in Flexible Packaging, Multi-Tech Publishing.
3. S. Natarajan. M. Govindarajan, and B. Kumar, (2009), “Fundamental of Packaging Technology”
PHI, New Delhi.
4. Paul Butler, Joseph Kerry, Smart Packaging Technologies for Fast Moving Consumer Goods,
2008, Willy publisher
5. Klaus Finkenzeller; Dorte Muller, RFID Handbook: Fundamentals and Applications in
Contactless Smart Cards, Radio Frequency Identification and Near-Field Communication,2010,
Wily telecom
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Walter Soroka, (2009), Fundamentals of Packaging Technology, Fourth Edition, Institute of
Packaging Professionals.
2. Aaron L. Brody, Kenneth S. Marsh, (1997), Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, 2 nd Edition, A
Wiley-Interscience Publication.
3. Panuwat Suppakul, Intelligent Packaging, Chapter in Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and
Packaging, 2012, CRC PRESS, DOI:10.1201/b11204-46
4. Sheli McHugh, Near Field Communication: Recent Developments and Library Implications, 2014,
Morgan & Claypool
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1. Prepare a project proposal for an agri-business venture, including project scope,
objectives, and budget.
2 Creating Logical framework Matrix (Logframe) of project
3 Develop a Gantt chart and timeline for implementing an agricultural technology
adoption project.
4 Practical application of PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique, Critical
Path Method (CPM) for agricultural project
5 Conduct a feasibility study for a proposed irrigation system project
Reference Books:
1. Project Management for Agriculture by P.K. Joshi
2. Agricultural Project Management: A Practical Approach by S.K. Gupta
3. Agricultural Economics and Project Management by R. S. P. Singh
4. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Project Management by Sunny Baker and Kim Baker
5. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling by Harold
Kerzner
6. Agricultural Project Planning and Implementation by K. A. S. R. Anjaneyulu
SODECA/NCC/ANANDA
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Sub- Total 0 0 5 120 180 300 8
TOTAL OF VIII SEMESTER 03 0 05 150 250 400 11