Course Name: Soil Science and Technology

Course abstract

This core course is aimed to provide a basic understanding of various aspects of soil science along with some state-of-the-art technologies. The objective is to provide knowledge of different physical and chemical properties of soil. Most importantly this course will impart different preparatory and exploratory data analysis approaches for unconventional digital soil mapping, modeling and mapping of continuous and categorical soil attributes, hyperspectral and proximal soil sensors and their applications for modeling of soil properties, soil pollution and remediation which are not covered in the traditional courses of soil science.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Somsubhra Chakraborty

I am currently serving as an Assistant Professor (Soil Science) at the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. I was awarded various prestigious fellowships including the Australia Awards Fellowship from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. I did my undergraduate and M.Sc degrees from BCKV and PAU in India and PhD degree in Agronomy (Soil Science emphasis) from Louisiana State University, USA. I started my career as a post-doctoral researcher at West Virginia University, USA. I joined IITKgp as faculty in 2016. I am passionate about the use of proximal and non-invasive sensors for soil management. I have more than 40 international journal publications. I am currently serving as the member of the editorial board of Geoderma, the global journal of soil science.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Swetha RK

PhD., Agricultural Systems and Management

Swagata Mukhopadhyay

PhD, Agricultural Systems and Management

 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2019
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 15-Nov-2018 to 28-Jan-2019
 Exam registration : 28-Jan-2019 to 19-Apr-2019
 Exam Date : 27-Apr-2019, 27-Apr-2019

Enrolled

2281

Registered

382

Certificate Eligible

306

Certified Category Count

Gold

2

Silver

11

Elite

53

Successfully completed

240

Participation

30

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Soil Science and Technology - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

ANWESHA SARKAR 95%

BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA

PREMASIS SUKUL 91%

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

RIPTESH KUNDU 87%

CHETANA SANGHA


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

LASNA SAHIB 85%

LIVESTOCK RESEARCH STATION, THIRUVAZHAMKUNNU, KERALA VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY

PATEL PRAGATIBEN HASMUKHBHAI 80%

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, BHARUCH CAMPUS , NAU

CHANDRAMAULI SHARAN PANDEY 79%

DOLPHIN PG INSTITUTE OF BIO MEDICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

LAKSHMI RAWAT 78%

ICT PVT. LTD

ESHA JAISWAL 77%

RAMA UNIVERSITY

SOBIYA V 77%

THE GANDHIGRAM RURAL INSTITUTE (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)

TANMAYA MOHAPATRA 75%

NIL

PRIYADHARSINI S 75%

THANTHAI ROEVER INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

AKSHAY PRAKASH HEGDE 75%

NON

NITIN BABAN MISAL 75%

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

RAGA PREETHA.E 73%

BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

KARPAGAM 73%

N.S AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2281

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 382

Assignment Statistics



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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.