College of Food & Dairy Technology
Dean : Prof. (Dr.) Ramesh Chandra
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The College of Food and Dairy Technology is committed to academic excellence in Undergraduate, Postgraduate education and Research programmes across a broad spectrum of disciplines in Dairy Education. Moreover, Dairy Education and research have gained distinct momentum in the last few decades. Degree programmes in Dairy Technology have drawn a prime attention after school education having science background. Research scholars and Scientists are also becoming more interested in the areas of Dairy Technology education and research. Moreover, the students are acquainted with various facts of professionally managed industries, which include production management, raw material purchase, and personnel management, sales and marketing by virtue of Industrial In-plant training. This helps students to get faith and confidence to work as highly professional human resource for food industry.
Department of Dairy Technology
The Purpose of teaching Dairy Technology is to make the students familiar with Dairy Technology which comprises all methods of handling milk from production to consumption. It includes processing, packaging, storage, transport and physical distribution. It employs the principles of engineering and is based on the sciences of biochemistry, bacteriology and nutrition. The objectives being: to prevent spoilage, improve quality, increase shelf life, and make milk palatable and safe for human consumption. The department is equipped with excellent laboratories; a dairy processing plant which manufactures fluid milk, butter, ice cream, and other products. Graduate And Post Graduate students accepted into the program have opportunities to utilize these facilities to develop basic and/or applied research programs in dairy product processing and development, microbiology, chemistry, food safety and management, while interacting with well qualified faculty.
Lab Facilities
The college has different departments, which not only help in the smooth functioning of the academic activities but also provide the growing technocrats with the expertise guidance and the latest laboratory facilities for their technical upliftment and development of professional traits.
College provides various laboratory facilities for the practical as well as research purpose. The laboratory has its own identification of teamwork, dedication, expertise, skill and punctuality and therefore successfully implemented transfer of proved technologies to the milk producers, entrepreneurs, and farmers through active participation in the krishi mela.
Research Activities
The college is committed to academic excellence and research programmes across a broad spectrum of disciplines in dairy education. Research work conducted in the department has always been of applied nature. The problems related to composition of milk and milk products, processing, packaging and storage, bacteriological quality control aspects, design and development of milk delivery cans, tricycle and butter printing machines have been studied. Work on dairy cost accounting and losses in various operations have been undertaken.
The notable achievements of the college are development of technologies for innovative process for improved traditional dairy products, different varieties of cheese and dairy based beverages etc.
Department of Dairy Engineering
The aim of teaching Dairy Engineering is to make the students acquainted with the Equipments and machinery used in Dairy for the processing of milk and milk products like Pasteurizer, Sterilizers, Homogenizer, Separator, Butter churns, Evaporators, Driers, Packaging machines etc. their operation, maintenance, power consumption and their design aspects. Apart from this students are also given knowledge of refrigeration systems, boiler for generating steam, different control used to operate different machines in dairy plant and cleaning system for cleaning the plant equipments used for processing. For the purpose, department is well equipped with machinery.
Lab Facilities
Dept. of Dairy Engineering has laboratory (Dairy Plant) facilities to cater to the needs of specific areas and programmes such as process engineering, unit operations and instrumentation.
Department of Dairy Microbiology
The scope of Dairy Microbiology stretches right from the production of raw milk till it is utilized by the consumers. In other words, the contamination of milk with spoilage and disease producing micro-organisms can occur at any stage of production, processing, marketing and utilisation. In view of the possible presence of spoilage and pathogenic micro-organisms in milk and milk products, their microbial quality needs to be rigorously controlled / monitored with regard to both number and the type of micro flora present.
A microbiological analysis of these contaminating sources and adequate measures to reduce their microbial load, are effective steps of a quality control programme in Dairy Industry. In order to achieve these objectives a systematic programme of microbiological quality control is required and needs to be followed rigorously both at farm level as well as in the bigger dairy plants. Keeping in view the prescribed syllabi of Dairy Science Colleges of India and needs of the dairy industry, the Department of Dairy Microbiology provides the general information (introductory part, definition, types of the product, composition, standards) and knowledge about microbiological quality, factors affecting microbiological quality, microbiological defects, public health significance and microbiological quality control tests(recommended/proposed).
Lab Facilities
Department of Dairy Microbiology has laboratory facilities for quality assurance and microbiological study of milk and milk products.
Department of Dairy Chemistry
The vast knowledge of milk chemistry has been extensively used by the dairy manufacturing industry to develop and perfect the modern technology required for producing the high quality milk products to which we are accustomed. A thorough understanding of the chemistry of milk and milk components is essential for designing, processing equipments and treatments needed for the manufacture and distribution of high quality dairy products. Knowledge and application of milk chemistry is also indispensable for fractionating milk into its principal components, as in the manufacture of milk protein, lactose and rich fat products, which are used as functional and nutritional ingredients by the food industry. To ensure quality milk and milk products flow out of dairy plant premises and reach the consumer, a practical and systematic quality control programme has to be carried out in dairy. To check any adulteration and prevent pathogens from entering the finished product, strict legal standards have to be enforced.
With the development of common syllabus and a common co-ordinated teaching programme in dairy education, our Dairy Chemistry Department provides firm base and additional information on physico-chemical approaches needed for dairy industry in India.
Lab Facilities
Dept. of Dairy Chemistry has laboratories for Quality Assurance of Milk and milk products and analysing the products for their Chemical properties.
Department of Dairy Business Management
The aim of teaching Dairy business management to the students is to make students familiar with Dairy Plant Operation Management, Marketing management, financial management and Human Resource Management etc. To acquaint the students with different managerial skills to run the dairy plant efficiently, economically and safely within the available resources, for the maximum production with minimum inputs.
Programs Offered
Undergraduate Programs
B. Tech. Dairy Technology
Postgraduate Programs
M.Sc. Dairy Technology
M.Tech. Dairy Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
Diploma Programs
IDD (Dairy Technology)
IDD (Dairy Husbandry)
Faculty
Dr. Ramesh Chandra, Dean Professor Processing of Milk and Technology of Dairy Products
Dr. Arif. A. Broadway Associate Professor Fat Rich Dairy Products
Dr. (Mrs.) Sarita Stevens Assistant Professor Dairy Chemistry
Dr. John David Assistant Professor Indigenous Milk Products
Er. Avinash Singh Assistant Professor Frozen Desserts, By Products Condensed & Dried Milk
Er. Sandeep G. M. Prasad Assistant Professor Dairy Technology
Dr. George Prince Assistant Professor Cheese & Fermented Products, Fat Rich & Traditional Dairy Products
Dr. Rakhi Assistant Professor Food Technology, Food Chemistry & Microbiology
Er. Sahja Nand Thakur Assistant Professor Advances in Dairy Processing & Technology of Dairy Products
Dr. Sangeeta Upadhyay Assistant Professor Dairy Microbiology