The Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering was established in 1974 after trifurcation of the erstwhile Department of Agricultural Engineering (established in 1965). The department was created to pursue excellence in teaching, research, industrial interaction and farmer's participatory on-farm research and development. The Resident Instruction Programme in Farm Machinery and Power comprises of undergraduate degree programme for the students of College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, College of Agriculture,College of Horticulture and Forestry and college of Bsaic Science and Humanities. Post graduate programmers i.e. M.Tech and Ph.D. programmes are the flagship programmes of the department. This centre is perhaps the only place in India pursuing an active research programme in design and development in Farm Machinery and Power spanning the broad areas of conservation agriculture, including straw management, sensor based agricultural machinery, human factors in design, tillage and traction, off-road vehicle design and testing. It was recognized as centre for advanced studies in Farm Machinery and Power during the IXth Plan by the ICAR (1997-2002). It has a well established and duly approved farm machinery testing centre to cater to needs of farm machinery manufacturing industry and has an active liaison with the industry in R&D. Institute has dedicated prototype production and manufacturer training centre (PPMTC) towards the advancement of knowledge to the users through continuous research. Recently the department has established tractor and combine diagnostic facility to provide hands-on training to the budding engineers and entrepreneurs in collaboration with New Holland Tractors and CLAAS Combines respectively, a unique venture in the country. Department since inception has granted 157 M.Tech. ( 5 pursuing presently) and 63 Ph.D. degrees. (2 pursuing presently) scholars apart from contributing its efforts in training nearly 2500 highly capable graduate engineers. It would be worthwhile to mention that during on campus recruitments, most of the graduate engineers from the college have got employment with tractor industry. Department has also developed more than four dozen technologies. Most of these technologies have been commercialized and are being extensively used by the farmers in the region. The Department has also trained more than two hundred fifty engineers and managers from the tractor industries, bankers, IAS probationers and international trainees from Afro-Asian countries. Departmental research hall has become important visiting site for visitors from all over the country and dignitaries from across the world.