🔬 1. Agronomy Laboratory
Facilities available at Agronomy laboratory for field sowing methods, fertilizer application, irrigation, soil productivity and yield estimation.
🌾 Key Facilities
A. Field of sowing method, fertilizer application, irrigation, soil productivity and yield estimation — Available
B. Museum for identification of seeds, fertilizer, weeds, commonly used agro-chemical, medicinal and aromatic plants etc. — Available
C. Crop Cafeteria (½ acre land with small implements i.e. spade, hoe, khurpi, darati etc.) — Available
D. Irrigation water measurement, bulk density etc. — Available
📋 List of Equipments in Agronomy Laboratory
| S.N. | Item Description | Required | Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hot air oven | 02 | 02 |
| 2. | Moisture box | 30 | 48 |
| 3. | Moisture meter | 05 | – |
| 4. | Tube Auger | 10 | – |
| 5. | Bucket auger | 10 | – |
| 6. | Weighing Balance | 01 | 02 |
| 7. | Seed Germinator | 02 | – |
| 8. | Conductivity Meter | 02 | 01 |
| 9. | pH Meter | 02 | 01 |
| 10. | Water Bath | 01 | – |
| 11. | Shaker | 01 | – |
| 12. | Chlorophyll Meter | 01 | – |
| 13. | Drip and Sprinkler System | 03 | 01 |
| 14. | Sprayer | 03 | 03 |
| 15. | Spring Balance 50Kg | 05 | 01 |
| 16. | Spring Balance 10Kg | 05 | – |
| 17. | Top Pan Balance 1kg capacity | 05 | – |
| 18. | Top Pan Balance 2kg capacity | 05 | – |
| 19. | Meter Scale | 10 | 10 |
| 20. | Tape | 05 | 05 |
| 21. | Brixmeter | 02 | – |
| 22. | Harris soil Auger (Screw type) | – | 01 |
| 23. | Auger post hole | – | 01 |
| 24. | Global positioning system | – | 02 |
| 25. | H. Flume | – | 01 |
| 26. | Puss-hall flume | – | 01 |
| 27. | Vernier calliper 150 mm | – | 01 |
| 28. | Vernier calliper 300 mm | – | 01 |
| 29. | Digital vernier calliper | – | 01 |
| 30. | Weighing Balance 600g | – | 01 |
| 31. | Kjheldahl Unit (6 test) | – | 01 |
| 32. | Tensiometer | – | 01 |
| 33. | Thermometer (Wet and dry) | – | 01 |
| 34. | Digital thermometer | – | 02 |
| 35. | Digital Hygrometer | – | 02 |
| 36. | Hand refractometer (0-32%, 32-64%) | – | 02 |
| 37. | Anemometer | – | 01 |
| 38. | Portable Leaf area meter | – | 01 |
| 39. | Seed moisture meter | – | 01 |
| 40. | Power sprayer | – | 05 |
| 41. | HTP sprayer pump | – | 01 |
| 42. | Double Distillation unit | – | 01 |
| 43. | Herbarium press | – | 02 |
| 44. | Penetrometer | – | 01 |
| 45. | Double ring infiltrometer | – | 02 |
| 46. | Quadrate | – | 03 |
| 47. | Conoweeder | – | 01 |
| 48. | Power weeder | – | 01 |
| 49. | Ambika paddy weeder | – | 09 |
| 50. | Cycle wheel hoe | – | 01 |
| 51. | SRI marker | – | 02 |
| 52. | Hand hoe | – | 15 |
| 53. | Improved sickle | – | 15 |
| 54. | Maize sheller (Hand) | – | 10 |
| 55. | Wheel hoe | – | 02 |
| 56. | Biasi Plough (Tifal) | – | 01 |
| 57. | Seed treating drum (Manual) | – | 01 |
| 58. | Seed treating drum (Motor operated) | – | 01 |
| 59. | V notch | – | 01 |
🐛 2. Entomology and Biocontrol Laboratory
State-of-the-art facility for insect identification, collection, preservation, and biological control research.
🎉 Bio-Control Laboratory Inauguration
Bio-Control laboratory at Rajnandgaon was inaugurated by Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor. He interacted with Ph.D. Students doing their thesis research and gave them valuable suggestions on 04.12.2023.
📋 List of Equipments in Entomology and Biocontrol Laboratory
| S.N. | Item Description | Required | Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Binocular Microscope | 20 | 10 |
| 2. | Insect collection box | 60 | 100 |
| 3. | Insect collection net | 60 | 45 |
| 4. | Insect killing bottle | 60 | 50 |
| 5. | Insect Collection big boxes | 29 | 05 |
| 6. | Insecticides for showing students/representatives for each group | – | 01 |
| 7. | Stereomicroscope | 1 | 2 |
| 8. | Electronic balance | 1 | 01 |
| 9. | Soxhlet Extraction Apparatus | 1 | – |
| 10. | Bee keeping equipment | 1 set | 01 |
| 11. | Hot air oven | – | 01 |
| 12. | Patters Tower | 1 | – |
| 13. | Sprayers (01 of each type) | 01 of each type | 01 |
| 14. | Light traps (01 set) | 01 set | 05 |
| 15. | Fumigation Chamber | 01 | – |
| 16. | Slides/cover slips (as per requirement) | as per req. | 01 |
| 17. | pH meter | 1 | – |
| 18. | Computer with printer (1 set) | 1 set | 01 |
| 19. | Dissecting Microscope | – | 05 |
| 20. | Insect setting board | – | 60 |
| 21. | Dissecting tray | – | 05 |
| 22. | Dissection box | – | 2 |
| 23. | Hand lens | – | 25 |
| 24. | Rat trap cage | – | 01 |
| 25. | Insect rearing cage | – | 02 |
| 26. | Refrigerator | – | 01 |
| 27. | Corcyra rearing cage | – | 06 |
| 28. | Aspirator | – | 05 |
| 29. | Air-conditioning | – | 01 |
| 30. | Digital thermometer | – | 01 |
🦠 3. Plant Pathology Laboratory
Advanced facility for plant disease diagnosis, sample preservation, and pathogen identification.
📋 List of Equipments in Plant Pathology Laboratory
| S.N. | Item Description | Required | Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Microscope compound with photo display arrangement | 03 | – |
| 2. | Steriobinocular | 05 | 03 |
| 3. | Sample processing board (Dry preservation of samples) | 04 | – |
| 4. | Wet preservation Jars | 50 | 08 |
| 5. | Autoclave | 02 | 01 |
| 6. | Oven | 01 | 01 |
| 7. | Deep Freeze | 01 | – |
| 8. | Centrifuge (3000 rpm) | 01 | – |
| 9. | Refrigerator | 01 | – |
| 10. | Water bath | 02 | 01 |
| 11. | Electronic balance | 02 | 01 |
| 12. | Weighing machine | 01 | 01 |
| 13. | Incubator | 02 | 01 |
| 14. | Occular meter | 05 | – |
| 15. | Stage micrometer | 05 | 01 |
| 16. | Camera Lucida | 05 | – |
🧬 4. Genetics and Plant Breeding Laboratory
Specialized facility for genetic analysis, seed quality testing, and plant breeding research.
📋 List of Equipments in Genetics and Plant Breeding Laboratory
| S.No. | Items | Nos. Required | No. Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Microscope | 10 | 10 |
| 2. | Binocular microscope | 10 | 02 |
| 3. | Electronic Moisture Meter | 02 | 02 |
| 4. | Electronic Balance | 02 | 01 |
| 5. | Seed Germinator | 02 | 01 |
| 6. | Automatic seed/grain counter | 01 | 01 |
| 7. | Purity work board | – | 01 |
| 8. | pH meter | – | 01 |
| 9. | Top pan balance | – | 01 |
| 10. | Breeders kit | – | 01 |
| 11. | BoD incubator | – | 01 |
| 12. | Compound microscope with camera | – | 01 |
🌿 5. Horticulture Laboratory
Well-equipped facility for fruit science, vegetable science, and floriculture practical training.
📋 List of Equipments/Tools in Horticulture Laboratory
| S.N. | Items | Required | Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hand Refractometer | 05 | 03 |
| 2. | Digital Refractometer | 02 | – |
| 3. | Oven | 01 | 02 |
| 4. | Refrigerator | 01 | 01 |
| 5. | Deep Freezer | 01 | – |
| 6. | Electronic Weighing Balance | 02 | 01 |
| 7. | Pan Balance (1kg capacity) | 02 | 01 |
| 8. | Dryer | – | 01 |
| 9. | pH Meter | 01 | 01 |
| 10. | Fruit crusher | 01 | 01 |
| 11. | Grinding and Mixing Machine | 01 | 01 |
| 12. | Distillation Assembly units | 01 | 03 |
| 13. | Autoclave | – | 01 |
| 14. | Water Bath | – | 01 |
| 15. | Soil digger (Petrol) | – | 01 |
| 16. | Sprayer (Petrol) | – | 01 |
| 17. | Herbarium press board | – | 01 |
| 18. | Seeder machine | – | 01 |
| 19. | Microscope | – | 01 |
| 20. | Honey dew extractor | – | 01 |
| 21. | Budding/Grafting knifes | – | 50 |
| 22. | Secateurs | – | 25 |
| 23. | Gas & cylinder | – | 1 + 02 |
🏠 Protected Structures
| S.N. | Structure | Required | Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Poly house | – | 01 |
| 2. | Shade net House | – | 01 |
🧪 6. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Laboratory
Comprehensive facility for soil analysis, nutrient estimation, and agricultural chemistry research.
📋 List of Equipments in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Laboratory
| S.N. | Items | Required | Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Electronic Top pan balance (0.1g capacity) | 02 | 01 |
| 2. | Electronic Top pan balance (1g capacity) | 02 | 01 |
| 3. | Hot air oven | 02 | 01 |
| 4. | pH Meter | 05 | 01 |
| 5. | EC Meter | 05 | 01 |
| 6. | Flame Photometer | 01 | 01 |
| 7. | Visible Spectrophotometer | 01 | 02 |
| 8. | Hot Plate | 02 | 01 |
| 9. | Distilled Water Unit | 02 | 01 |
| 10. | Water Bath | 01 | 01 |
| 11. | Rotary Shaker | 02 | 01 |
| 12. | Binocular Microscope | 20 | – |
| 13. | BOD Incubator | 02 | Available |
| 14. | Autoclave | 02 | Available |
| 15. | Laminar Air Flow | 01 | Available |
| 16. | Microwave Oven | 01 | 01 |
| 17. | Digestion Block | 02 | 01 |
| 18. | Hydrometer | 05 | – |
| 19. | Infiltrometer | 02 | 02 |
| 20. | Hydraulic conductivity meter | 01 | – |
| 21. | Atterbergs Limits meter | 05 | – |
| 22. | Nitrogen Analyser | 02 | 01 |
⚙️ 7. Agricultural Engineering Workshop
Practical training facility for farm machinery, equipment operation, and agricultural engineering concepts.
📋 List of Equipments in Agricultural Engineering Workshop
| S.N. | Item Description | Required | Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Model of Four Stroke Petrol engine | – | 01 |
| 2. | Model of Four Stroke Diesel engine | – | 01 |
| 3. | MB plough, Disk plough and indigenous plough (2 sets each) | 2 sets each | 02 |
| 4. | Cultivator | – | 01 |
| 5. | Harrows | Actual | – |
| 6. | Seed Cum-Fertilizer drill | 01 | 03 |
| 7. | Different types of threshing drums | 02 | – |
| 8. | Reaper and mowers / Different types of sprayers and dusters | 02 | 01 |
| 9. | Old model of Tractor | 01 | 01 |
| 10. | Hand Hoe | – | 05 |
| 11. | Hand Wheel Hoe | – | 02 |
| 12. | Ambika Paddy Weeder | – | 03 |
| 13. | Rotavator | – | 01 |
| 14. | Seed Treatment Drum | – | 01 |
| 15. | Cage wheel | – | 01 Pair |
| 16. | Water Lifting device | – | 01 |
| 17. | Soil Auger | – | 01 |
| 18. | Tractor | 01 | 01 |
| 19. | Trolly | – | 01 |
💻 8. Agricultural Economics, Maths, Computer Science and Statistics Laboratory
Modern computing facility equipped with statistical software, internet connectivity, and NKN access.
🖥️ 20+ Computers
20 computers for students + 15+ for staff, well connected with Wi-Fi/Internet and National Knowledge Network (NKN).
📚 E-Books Access
Computers uploaded with electronic books for student reference and self-study.
📊 Statistical Software
R, R-Studio, Excel Data Analysis Tool Pack, SPSS, SAS, Python, and Online OP STAT.
🎓 FDP Training
Used for Faculty Development Programs on different analytical tools and statistical methods.
📋 List of Equipments in Computer/Economics Laboratory
| S.N. | Item Description | Required | Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Computers | 20 | 20 |
| 2. | Camera | 01 | 00 |
| 3. | Printer | 01 | 00 |
| 4. | Projector | 00 | 01 |
| 5. | Software (SPSS, SAS, Python, Excel, R, R-Studio, Online OP STAT) | SPSS, SAS, Python | Excel (Data Analysis Tools), R-Software (Free), R-Studio (Free), Online (OP STAT) |
🍄 9. ELP Unit (Mushroom Spawn Production and Processing Technology)
Experiential Learning Programme unit for hands-on training in mushroom cultivation, spawn production, and value-added processing.
📋 List of Equipment in ELP Unit
| S.No. | Items | Numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mixer Machine | 01 |
| 2. | Grinder Machine | 01 |
| 3. | Flour Machine | 01 |
| 4. | Packing Machine | 03 |
| 5. | Hot air oven Digital | 01 |
| 6. | Digital electronic top loading balance cap 2kg | 01 |
| 7. | Digital electronic top loading balance cap 50 kg | 01 |
| 8. | Humidifier | 02 |
| 9. | AC 2 ton | 01 |
| 10. | AC 1.5 ton | 01 |
| 11. | Cylinder-19 kg | 02 |
| 12. | Suraksha hose 1.5 m | 01 |
| 13. | LPG stove 2BR | 01 |
| 14. | Laminar air flow | 01 |
| 15. | BOD incubator | 01 |
| 16. | Refrigerator | 01 |
| 17. | Hot air tray drier | 01 |
| 18. | Vertical autoclave | 01 |
| 19. | Microwave | 01 |
| 20. | Washing machine | 01 |
| 21. | Mixer grinder | 01 |
| 22. | Pressure cooker 35 liter | 01 |
| 23. | Pressure cooker 22 liter | 01 |
| 24. | Chaff cutter (Manual) | 01 |
| 25. | Micro sprinkler | 150 |
| 26. | 4 way fogger with soft pipe | 150 |
| 27. | Pre pipe 50mm 6 kg | 100 |
| 28. | Laminar Air flow | 01 |
| 29. | L.G. AC 1.5 ton | 01 |
| 30. | Luminous inverter | 01 |
| 31. | Lump Battery | 02 |
| 32. | V.Guard stab | 03 |
| 33. | Microtech UPS | 03 |
| 34. | Clock Humidity | 01 |
🚜 Farm Facilities
Research Cum Instructional Farm and Dry Horticulture Farm
🌾 Research Cum Instructional Farm
The “Research Cum Instructional Farm” spans an area of 6 hectares and plays a vital role in seed production and agricultural research.
- Kharif Season: Paddy seed multiplication (Breeder → Foundation seed)
- Rabi Season: Foundation seed production of coriander and linseed
- Indira Seeds: Grading, packing, and selling under university trademark
Machinery: Tractors, trolleys, seed-cum-fertilizer drills, rotavators, and cultivators.
💧 Rainwater Conservation: Pond covering 0.80 hectares for irrigation and sustainable water management.
🍎 Dry Horticulture Farm
The dry horticulture farm spans 5.0 hectares, dedicated to growing various fruit plants.
- Mango: 300 plants of 10 different varieties
- Apple Ber: 500 plants
- Pomegranate: Multiple plants
Active plant multiplication ensuring genetic material propagation and maintenance for horticultural research and wider agricultural use.
🌱 Plant Multiplication: Contributing to both research and production of fruit plants.