Sun drying is an oldest and traditional method used to dry and preserve agricultural products in tropical and subtropical countries. But the process is disadvantageous like labour intensive, time consuming and requires a large area for spreading the produce out to dry, loss of produce due to birds and animals, deterioration in harvested crops due to decomposition, insect attacks and fungi, etc. Also the required quality standards are not fulfilled in open sun drying. Solar drying technology offers an alternative which can process the vegetables and fruits in clean, hygienic and sanitary conditions to national and international standards with zero energy costs. It saves energy, time, occupies less area and improves product quality. The solar-assisted dryers are conventional dryers to which supplementary equipment is added to enable a significant proportion of the thermal energy required for drying to be replaced by solar energy. Heat pump dryers have been known to be energy efficient when used in conjunction with drying operations. The heat pump recirculation mode and solar mode can be used for drying the agricultural produce and allows the drying process to be continues in different weather conditions. In these dryers, a planned and generally optimized drying process can be achieved to obtain superior product quality and good economic performance.

Human resource development mostly concentrates on employee development and performance management, which plays a key role in any organizations growth and development. Employee development will boost the work engagement of the employees of the organization. Engaged employees show better performance leading to increased growth of the organization. Coimbatore has emerged as one of the most trusted outsourcing destinations for the Automobile industry. Sales employees working for this industry need to be highly engaged and committed to achieve their goals. This study focuses in identifying the factors that influence Work engagement among the sales employees in the automobile sales industry. The investigates the influence of factors Human Resource Practices, Organization Culture and Climate, Leadership, Work Skills and Innovation at Work influence on Work Engagement. The study put forth the significant relations of factors, Human resource management practices, Organization culture and climate, Leadership, Work skills with Work engagement. Initiatives have to be taken by the automobile sales organization to increase the engagement of the employees and develop organization outcomes.

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