Dr. Abdul Rehman Tahir (Ph.D.)

The Department of Farm Machinery and Power was set up since the inception of the University in 1961. The department has 10 highly qualified staff members who are engaged in research and teaching to under and postgraduate students. Most of the staff members have obtained Ph.D. Degrees from foreign universities. Major research and development activities are carried out in the design, development and testing of agricultural machinery suitable to Pakistani's ecological and socio-economic conditions. It deals with tillage, planting, spraying, harvesting, processes engineering and material handling equipment. The department has carried out major research on the following aspects sponsored by various national and international funding agencies.

 

The department has trained about 40 M.Sc. students with emphasis on the design, development and evaluation of farm machinery and equipment. A few students are also working on their Ph.D. programme in Agri. Engg. The department has published 51 research papers in the international journals and 110 in the national journals.