The Student's Training Dairy (Pilot Dairy Unit-cum-Business Process Development Centre) is an academic, research, training, and commercial dairy processing facility established to bridge the gap between classroom learning and the practical needs of the dairy industry. The unit serves as a demonstration and pilot-scale dairy plant where students receive hands-on training in milk processing, quality assurance, dairy engineering, product development, packaging, and business management.
The department functions as a centre for skill development by providing practical exposure to modern dairy processing technologies and standard operating procedures followed in commercial dairy plants. It enables undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students to gain experience in processing market milk and manufacturing value-added dairy products such as pasteurized milk, curd, paneer, butter, ghee, ice cream, flavored milk, lassi, khoa, and other traditional dairy products while maintaining strict hygienic and food safety standards.
As a Business Process Development Centre, the unit also promotes entrepreneurship by demonstrating economically viable dairy production systems, product innovation, cost optimization, marketing strategies, and quality management practices. It supports research projects, product formulation, pilot-scale trials, technology validation, and consultancy services for farmers, dairy entrepreneurs, and small-scale processors.
The department integrates teaching, research, extension, and commercial production under one roof, allowing students to understand the complete dairy value chain—from milk procurement and quality testing to processing, packaging, cold-chain management, marketing, and customer service. It also emphasizes compliance with FSSAI, BIS, and other national food safety standards while implementing Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Hygienic Practices (GHP), and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles.
Overall, the Student's Training Dairy (Pilot Dairy Unit-cum-Business Process Development Centre) plays a vital role in producing industry-ready dairy professionals, promoting innovation, supporting research and entrepreneurship, and contributing to the sustainable growth of the dairy sector through education, technology transfer, and high-quality dairy production.