College of Dairy and Food Science Technology
Know about the College
College of Dairy Science and Technology, Ludhiana is a constituent college of the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and situated in the main campus of the University at Ludhiana. It was established in the year 2008 with an undergraduate programme of four year duration i.e. B. Tech. (Dairy Technology). The total intake capacity in this programme is 51 students/ year. The college is accredited with ICAR, New Delhi and are following the course curriculum as recommended by the 5th Dean’s Committee of ICAR. The major objectives of the college is to produce trained human resource through its under graduate and post graduate programme to meet the technical manpower requirement of dairy and food processing, government, and R&D organizations. All the passed-out students are well placed either in dairy industry, government departments or pursuing higher studies in various foreign universities of repute. There are five departments in the college i.e. Department of Dairy Technology, Department of Dairy Engineering, Department of Dairy Chemistry, Department of Dairy Microbiology and Department of Dairy Economics and Business Management. Besides the undergraduate programme the college is also having Masters programme in all five disciplines and PhD programme in four disciplines. The college is having one of the best laboratory facilities for teaching and practical classes of undergraduate and post graduate students of Dairy Science and Technology. All laboratories are well furnished and equipped with advanced and modern analytical instruments. As per the requirements of course curricula, practical classes are conducted in the designated laboratories of the college in each department.
The college is blessed with young and dynamic faculty with wide exposure and very good infrastructure, especially laboratory facilities and Experimental Dairy Plant. The university also has a special provision for candidates from outside Punjab under ‘Other State Quota’.
Mandate
- To produce quality human resource through its undergraduate degree programmes.
- To develop new technologies in the field of milk processing and dairy product development.
- To conduct training programmes and vocational courses for dairy farmers, entrepreneurs & persons from dairy industry.
- To provide consultancy services to dairy farmers, industry, Govt. & non-Govt. agencies involved in dairy development programme.
- To liaison with various dairy development organization(s).
- To generate data regarding various aspects of dairy sector in the state and providing policy inputs.
Goals
- Advisory service to farmers, organization of Animal Welfare Camps, Animal Welfare Days, trainings for Dairy Farmers, Poultry farmers, Piggery Farmers. Inservice training programmes for field Veterinary staff. Organization of Pashu Palan Melas at Ludhiana campus and outstations participation in Kisan Melas/Awareness camps for knwoledge updation of the farmers,Mass communication with the farmers.
Dean, College of Dairy and Food Science Technology
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Uppal
Address: Dean, College of Dairy & Food Science Technology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
Email: deancodst@gadvasu.in
Call: +91-161-2553313, 2553308
Brief Introduction
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Uppal, Dean Postgraduate Studies took the additional charge of the Dean College of Dairy and Food Science Technology at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana. Dr. Uppal received his B.V.Sc. & A.H. and M.V.Sc. in Veterinary Medicine from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and joined as Assistant Animal Health Specialist in 1991. He obtained his Ph.D. in Veterinary Medicine from Punjab Agricultural University under Sandwitch Programme of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship. Dr. Uppal has several awards and honours to his credit viz. National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (NAVS) of India, Commonwealth Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Liverpool (UK), DC Blood Gold Medal by Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine and ICAR fellowships at graduate and post-graduation level. He undertook Advanced Clinical Training from Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He has more than 110 international and national research and clinical publications to his credit. He is widely travelled person and attended various national and international conferences/symposia/conferences/ workshops/ trainings/refresher courses and delivered invited lectures. He has guided 12 M.V.Sc. and 2 Ph.D. students. He has been instrumental in brining and handling several research & infrastructural projects as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator. He has been the leading force behind the Canine Research Centre awarded to the University by the Department of Biotechnology (GOI).
Former Dean
| Sr. No. | Name | Duration on the post | Date of Retirement | Photograph |
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| 1. | Dr. Onkar Singh Parmar | 19-07-2007 to 31-05-2010 | ||
| 2. | Dr. Satinder Pal Singh Sangha | 01-06-2010 to 27-05-2015 | ||
| 3. | Dr. Anil Kumar Puniya | 28-05-2015 to 27-09-2019 (AN) | ||
| 4. | Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Uppal | 01-10-2019 to 17-09-2020 (FN) | ||
| 5. | Dr. Ramneek | 17-09-2020 (FN) to Till date |
Facilities
Although the college is in its infancy however, due considerations are being given on infrastructure development front. The following facilities are available with the college
- Three well equipped lecture halls with latest audio visual teaching aids including LCD projector and computer.
- Three well equipped laboratories for teaching and research.
- 12 well furnished faculty rooms with internet connection
- One full fledged Experimental Dairy Plant of 5000 LPD capacity
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Teaching and Research Laboratories
College is in the process of creating the best infrastructure for teaching and research purpose. Already some laboratories of the college have been established and are equipped with latest sensitive analytical instruments for teaching of under graduate students and carrying out research in the field of dairy technology. Major analytical equipments installed in various laboratories are enlisted below
- Water activity meter
- Moisture Analyzer
- Kel Plus for protein estimation of food
- Socs Plus for fat estimation of food
- Refrigerated centrifuge
- Fibro plus for fibre estimation of food
- Flame photometer
- UV visible spectrophotometer
- BOD Incubator
- Bulk density apparatus
- Muffle furnace
- Bacteriological Incubator
- Laminar air flow unit
- Digital colony counter
- Bomb calorimeter
- Milcoscan for quick analysis of milk
- GSM Tester
- Cobb tester
- Crust Resistance Tester
- Vibration Tester
- Tensile Strength Tester (Universal Testing Machine)
- Box Compression Testing Apparatus
- Bursting strength tester
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Experimental Dairy Plant
Experimental dairy plant is another excellent feature of the infrastructure created in the college. The main objectives of the experimental dairy plant is to provide best infrastructure for the practical training and hands-on training of B. Tech (Dairy Technology) students and to undertake R&D work by the scientists for scaling up of the laboratory concepts of newly developed technologies to the pilot/ semi-commercial scale. Experimental Dairy Plant is having the milk handling capacity of 5000 LPD into a diverse range of dairy products. Currently, the plant is having following sections and facilities.
- Bulk milk cooler and milk storage tank
- Liquid milk processing and packaging section
- Cream separation and standardization of milk unit
- Butter manufacturing unit
- Ghee manufacturing and packaging unit
- Paneer and cheese manufacturing and packaging unit
- Ice cream manufacturing packaging and storage unit
- Can washing and sterilization unit
- Product storage (walk in type cold room) unit
- Steam generation (Boiler) unit
- Refrigeration (Glycol based packed type) unit
- Solar water heating system 3000 LPD
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Faculty Detail
Dr. Gopika Talwar
Designation : Associate Professor
Contact Address : Department of Dairy Engineering, College of Dairy and Food Science Technology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141004
Telephone :
Mobile : 9876578765
Email : gopikatalwar@gadvasu.in
Academic Credentials
- B. Tech (PAU Ludhiana)
- M. Tech (PAU Ludhiana)
- Ph D (PAU Ludhiana)
Teaching appointments
- Engineering Drawing, Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics, Food Engineering, Dairy and Food Engineering.
Other appointments
- Chairperson,College Extension Committee ( 2015-2019)
- Expert Panel- Master Trainer under PM FME at national level scheme for Milk and Milk products training under Nodal Agency Punjab Agro
- Incharge, College Book Bank
- Nodal officer of college for website update
Area of research
- Mechanization of processes for indigenous dairy product manufacture
- Biodegradable film and cup development for dairy products
- Engineering intervention for mechanization of mozzarella cheese manufacture at cottage scale
Ongoing projects
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No. |
PI/Co-PI |
Title
of the project |
Funding
agency |
Period
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1. |
PI-Gopika
Talwar |
Engineering Intervention For Mechanization Of Mozzarella
Cheese Manufacture At Cottage Scale |
DST |
2020-2023 |
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2. |
PI-
Narender Kumar |
Solar
Driven technological interventional manufacturing of ice bank tank for milk
cooling at dairy farms |
DST |
2019-2022 |
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3. |
PI:
Parminder Singh Co-PI-
Gopika Talwar |
Integrated approaches for livestock
development: farmers context Farmer FIRST project (
Year 2021-2026) |
ICAR |
2021-2026 |
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4. |
PI-
Nitika Goel Co-PI
– Gopika Talwar |
Development of Pilot scale cheese
manufacturing unit for development of value added cheeses for dairy
entrepreneurs |
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Research honours awards
- Best Paper award: Gopika Talwar, Mohit Singla and NitikaGoel (2022). Development and evaluation of mozzarella cheese manufacturing prototype at cottage scale. In: 12th Convention of IDEA and National Seminar on “Engineering Interventions in Dairy Processing for Self-Reliant India” Organized by College of Dairy Science, Warud, Maharashtra on December15-16,2022.
- Awarded with “ Best Extension worker” award at University award function held on 29.05.2019
- Best Poster award: Gopika Talwar, Rekha Chawla and Santosh Kumar Mishra (2018). Dairy entrepreneurship and its impact on livelihood: A success story. In: National conference on Promoting Entrepreneurial growth through Innovative approaches in food processing sector Organized by ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana, March16-17, 2018.
- Best Poster award: Lakhwinder Singh, Gopika Talwar, and Narender Kumar (2018). Development of thermo-fluid heated double jacketed vat for roasting of pinni. In: National conference on Promoting Entrepreneurial growth through Innovative approaches in food processing sector Organized by ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana, March16-17, 2018.’
No of publications
| Research: 07 | Extension: 09 | Book Chapter: 01 | Manuals: 03 |
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Publication
- Ankit Bishnoi, Narender Jumar, Gopika Talwar, Sunil Kumar and Amandeep Sharma (2023)Mechanical Strength, Solubility, and Functional Studies of Developed Composite Biopolymeric Film. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 2023(2):1-19DOI: 10.1155/2023/5108490 ( NAAS: 8.50)
- Gurpreet Singh,Sivakumar Shanmugam, Rekha Chawla, Nitika Goel, Gopika Talwar, Santosh Kumar Mishra, Manish Kumar Chatli (2023). Impact of Zinc Oxide Nano Particles, Poly Vinyl Alcohol, and Natural Polymers on Quality Characteristics of Nanocomposite Film. Coatings 13(2):420( NAAS: 9.40)
- Ankit Kumar Deshmukh, Gopika Talwar and Narender Kumar Chandla (2022). Effect of ultrasonication on mechanical properties, biodegradability, and morphological behavior of composite biodegradable cup. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 46(7), e16706. (NAAS: 8.50)
- Gaurav Sharma, Amandeep Sharma, Pranav Kumar Singh, Narender Kumar and Gopika Talwar (2022). Feasibility of Vacuum based Cooling System for on Farm Cooling of milk. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology: 15 (02s): 01-07. NASS rating: 4.54 - http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2579
- Sonia Attri, Gopika Talwar, Narender Kumar, Rekha Chawla and Nitin Wakchaure (2021) Effect of different concentrations of corn starch and whey protein on the characteristics of biodegradable cup. Environment Conservation Journal. 22 (SE): 21-31(NAAS 5.66)
- Charanjit Singh, Gopika Talwar , Amandeep Sharma and Nitika Goel (2021). Effect of stretching and kneading mechanism on properties of mozzarella cheese. The Pharma Innovation Journal 2 Vol. 10, Issue 3 , 700-708(NAAS: 5.23)
- Chandla, N. K., Bansal, V., Talwar, G., Mishra, S. K., &Khatkar, S. K. (2020). Novel Packaging Systems for Food Preservation. In Novel Strategies to Improve Shelf-Life and Quality of Foods (pp. 249-274). Apple Academic Press
- Sain, M., Sharma, A., Talwar, G.,& Goel, N. (2019). Thermic Fluid Based Solar Thermal Energy Storage System for Milk Processing. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci, 8(10), 1962-1973.
- Sain, M., Sharma, A., Talwar, G.,& Kumar, N. (2019). Study on behaviour of thermal energy storage materials under conventional and solar heating systems. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 7(5), 732-738
- Rajinder, K., Kumar, S. S., Rekha, C., &Gopika, T. (2018). Studies on optimization of paneer nuggets: a ready to eat steam cooked product. Indian Journal of Dairy Science, 71(1), 13-19.