Agricultural Engineering

B.Tech Agriculture is a very demanding course an agricultural engineer works for designing power and machine systems, animal or plant production and environment management. Some primary jobs of agricultural engineers involve improving equipment need for farming, farm structures, bio gas generation and inventing new technologies that can contribute in manufacture of agricultural products and conservation of natural resources. In banking sectors B.Tech agriculture has great scope and recruited as specialist officer. So you have to starts yours preparation towards this.
However, as you explains that you are free now so course about you asked is 12-month course, which is designed by the industry experts, provides Frankfinn students a comprehensive, all-inclusive training, enabling the students to write their own success stories.
The pre- requisites for this course are 12th pass or appeared, basic knowledge of English and having a pleasing personality. Further, the age should be between 17-24 years.
Selection will be on basis of personal interviews. So, I thinks you can do this course.
Best wishes.

The course B.Tech in food technology is field specific course which introduces a person to food related technology and its specifications. It relates to the study of areas like packaging, nutrition, chemical balances of food, microbiology, etc. and provides a wider understanding of food products and food raw materials. Students also learn techniques such as food marketing, food processing, food and its related research methods. Agricultural Engineering is a branch of engineering which deals with the study of agricultural process and technological practices in food processing and efficient production of food.
Agriculture is the largest participant in the Indian Economy. It is needless to say that a career in Agriculture in India is nothing but bright and shining. B.Tech in agricultural engineering deals with farm machinery, food processing, soil and water engineering. Both have extremely good scope, choose the stream based on your interest.

Hello Vinod,
If it is engineering that you want to pursue irrespective of the branch then you need to follow the same procedure as for any other branch of engineering. In this case, you will have to appear for the entrance exam for engineering colleges that your state has declared to be the case and if it's a centrally funded technical institute, then it's JEE Mains that you need to appear and clear. But if it is not the case then you are looking for some courses in the agricultural arena which will lead you to obtain some degree and also subsequent placements or job prospects. In this case, I am attaching a link that will give you required information about the top agricultural universities of India and then you can scan each one of them for detailed information of different courses offered and their fees. I personally feel that in the times to come agriculture will continue to remain the focus of the government and professionals in this field are bound to prosper hence you should not think of only engineering but can do many courses with these universities offer.

Myth: Only Agricultural Engineers are suitable to take this optional.
Fact: Any Graduate, preferably Engineer, can take this optional without any fear (2 of top 4 selected in 2016 Exam were of different background)
Agricultural Engineering is one of the short optional, which can be handled to decent level within limited time of 1 month that we usually get after Civil Mains. Main Advantage: 3040% of both papers are composed of formula-based numerical problems which are easy for an engineer of any background & others would also find it easy
SO focus during preparation has to be to ensure this advantage is optimized to the maximum extent. Moreover, as each paper comprises of just 200 marks divided among 5 compulsory questions. Usually theory questions also wouldn't cross the ambit of Syllabus. Hence, solving previous 710 years question papers would usually help the aspirant get that bent of mind & most importantly CONFIDENCE. Checklist: {You can find necessary sources & additional references for materials at the end of this post}
Give a glance over the past 710 previous year's papers
Refer to the sources provided at the end of this post & prepare a 1520M answer on possible questions on every point of syllabus (helpful for quick revision for THEORY part)
You can use the pdfs in drive link (Credits: Shanmukh Kumar (IFS) & Y. Venkateswarlu, his father) for various revision notes, [it is better if you make your own notes]
Solve all the solved examples in the reference books [for additional instructions, refer to WhatsApp group link]
Solve the previous papers of 710 years as per time available for better introspection & get CONFIDENCE
Mug up all the related formulae on regular basis
Sources:
Reference Books [nearly mandatory] a) Elements of Agricultural Engineering by Dr. Jadishwar Sahay; b) Principles of Agricultural Engineering by TP Ojha & AM Micheal (Volumes 1 &2)
IFS - Agricultural Engineering Optional Notes by Y Venkateswarlu & Shanmukh Kumar (IFS) - Google Drive (Comprises of Revision notes made by Shanmukhs father for his exam & forwarded eversince)
https://sagartheforester.blogspo. (Blog by one of the toppers of Optional in 2016 Exam regarding Strategy, Sagar Pawar)
IFS 2017AgriEngg Optional (WhatsApp Group with all Successful candidates of 2016 & 2017 Exam + Current Aspirants.