Bachelor of Dairy Technology

About the Programme

The Bachelor’s degree in Dairy Technology provides support in developing technological expertise in unit operations and processing of consumer milk, traditional dairy products, fat rich dairy products, condensed and dried milk, ice-cream and frozen desserts, cheese and fermented milk products. The curriculum covers every aspect of dairy plant designing and layout, clean milk production strategies, processing and packaging machineries, chemical and microbiological standards, food safety and quality assurance, spoilage control and preservation, sensory and shelf-life evaluation, waste disposal and dairy business management skills. The department provides real-time industrial processing experience through its own dairy farm facilities for ration balancing, animal feeding and mechanized milking practices, Mini dairy processing and drying unit for production of pasteurized, homogenized, packaged consumer milk, dried milk powder, SMP, cream, butter and ghee, ice-cream, butter milk, flavoured milk, paneer, Shrikhand, Kalakand, Rabdi, Lassi etc. and advanced milk testing laboratory facilities for milk platform tests, milk analysis and adulteration, proximate analysis, safety evaluation of chemical and microbial residues as per FSSAI guidelines, dairy starters and probiotic health food formulation, and research and developmental activities by involving students by its domain specific areas on dairy and food processing as well as industrial in plant training exposures.

Duration

4 Years

Scope/Job Opportunity

• Food Safety Officer
• Milk Procurement Officer
• Dairy Extension Officer
• QA/QC Executive/Manager
• Milk Chemist/ Microbiologist
• Logistics and Distribution Manager
• Dairy Plant Manager/Technical Officer

• Dairy Consultants
• Dairy Entrepreneur
• Dairy Plant Supervisor
• Product Development Officer
• Dairy Process Engineer
• Higher Study (M. Tech/ PhD)