This document lists recommended books for preparation for ICAR-JRF/NET/ARS/SRF examinations in various topics related to soil and water conservation engineering, land and water management engineering, hydrology, irrigation, drainage, watershed development and management, wells and pumps, groundwater hydrology, fluid mechanics, objectives in soil and water conservation engineering, and numerical practices. Key reference books mentioned include Engineering Hydrology and Hydrology: Principles, Analysis and Design for hydrology, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering and Land and Water Management Engineering for soil and water conservation, Irrigation Theory and Practice and Land and Water Management Engineering for irrigation, and Land and Water Management Engineering and Handbook of Agri. Engineering for drainage.

1. Books list for ICAR-JRF/NET/ARS/SRF Examination Preparation
Soil and Water Conservation Engineering/ Land and Water Management Engineering
Hydrology
 Engineering Hydrology: K Sbramanyam
 Hydrology: Principles, Analysis and Design: H. M. Raghunath
Soil and water conservation Engineering
 Soil and water conservation Engineering.: R. Suresh
 Land and Water Management Engineering: V.V.N. Murthy and Madan K. Jha
 Principles Of Agricultural Engineering (Vol II): A. M. Michael and T. P. Ojha,
 Soil and Water Conservation Engineering: Glenn O. Schwab; Delmer D. Fangmeier;
William J. Elliot and Richard K. Frevert (Published by Wiley)
Irrigation
 Irrigation Theory and Practice: A.M. Michael
 Land and Water Management Engineering: V.V.N. Murthy and Madan K. Jha
 Handbook of Agri. Engineering: ICAR
Drainage
 Land and Water Management Engineering: V.V.N. Murthy and Madan K. Jha
 Handbook of Agri. Engineering: ICAR
Watershed Development and Management
 Soil and water conservation Engineering.: R. Suresh
 Water Harvesting and Recycling: Indian Experiences: V N Sharda; Sikka and Shamra
 Hydrology and Soil Conservation Engineering: Including Watershed Management :
Ghanshyam Das
Wells and Pumps & Groundwater hydrology
 Groundwater Hydrology: D.K.Todd
 Water Wells and Pumps: S D Khepar; A M Michael and M S K Sondhi
 Applied Hydrology: V. T. Chow
Fluid mechanics
 Fluid mechanics: R. K. Bansal
 Open-Channel Hydraulics: V. T. Chow

2. Objectives in SWCE
 Objectives in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering: Pawan Jeet and Prem
 Question Bank on Agriculture & Food Engineering : Garg and Pritam Chandra
 Agricultural Engineering Question Bank (Dapoli QB): Jain brothers
 Question bank on Agricultural Engineering: Rawat and Nikhade
Numerical practices
 A Numerical Approach in Agricultural Engineering with Objective: Sanjay Kumar
 Numerical Problems in Agricultural Engineering: Nikhade, Rawat and Victor
 Agricultural Engineering through Objectives: Radhey Lal