Dr. Annasaheb Shinde College of Agricultural Engineering, Rahuri

Dr. Annasaheb Shinde College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Rahuri, Maharashtra is named after Annasaheb Shinde, the former Union Minister of State for Agriculture.

History
The institution was established in 1969 for B.Tech. The post-graduate degree program began in 1982.

Courses undertaken
Courses offered include:
 * Agricultural Process Engineering
 * Farm Machinery and Power
 * Farm Structures and Rural Electrification
 * Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
 * Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

In addition, other agricultural and basic science courses such as Botany, Plant Pathology, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics are offered as supporting courses.

Admissions
On the basis of the performance in MHT CET, with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, students are given admission to B.Tech. For M.Tech. the minimum qualification is B.Tech and must qualify MCAER CET. The academic programme is of two-year duration for M.Tech. (4 semesters) and four years for B.Tech. (8 semesters) including one month Summer Placement Training at the end of second and third years for B.Tech. During the fourth year, students have industrial training for four months and guided to have individual design project culminating with Project Report.