Dairy Technology
Department of Dairy Technology is one of the core departments of College of Dairy Science & Technology and actively involved in teaching and hands-on training programmes of B. Tech. Dairy Technology students. Department is also offering postgraduate programs like M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Dairy Technology. The department works with a dedicated goal to empower graduates and postgraduates with latest knowledge and skills required to meet the growing demand of public & private (dairy, food, FMCG, etc.) sectors and also promote them for pursuing doctoral and post-doctoral programs. The department grooms students with best teaching facilities, high-end research and provides opportunity to interact with academicians and students at national and international level, via routine seminars/webinars in areas of global interest. Department has established scientific collaboration with institutions of international repute. Department has published several highly cited articles in journals of repute like Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, LWT: Food Science &Technology, Journal of Food Science & Technology, and others, Carbohydrate polymer Technologies and Applications and many more. The department has also hosted international visiting professors & researchers to strengthen the scientific collaborations. The department provides the state of the art research facilities pertaining to dairy/ food products development and characterization, nanotechnology, by-products utilization, cheese and fermented dairy products, packaging, etc. which are equipped with microfluidizer, ultrasonicator, texture analyzer, viscometer, spray dryer, membrane processing unit, dual beam spectrophotometer, etc.; besides the basic facilities required to support academic, research, and extension programs in the area of product development, product characterization, functional foods, powder & protein technology, etc.
Faculty at Department of Dairy Technology is enthusiastic and internationally acclaimed as visible with high research scores and citations. Faculty won several externally funded research projects from DST, SERB, MoFPI, ICAR, etc. They have been conferred with many prestigious awards like Young Scientist Award, Best Teacher, Best Researcher Awards, etc.
College is well-equipped with facility of Experimental Dairy Plant (EDP). It has milk handling capacity of 5000 LDP and diverse range of dairy products are prepared on daily routine basis. Besides pasteurized milk, number of dairy products viz. paneer, dahi, mozzarella cheese, ice-cream etc. is manufactured in the EDP, wherein students are involved during their class practical’s and specified internship programme stipulated for a period of six months.
Students at Department of Dairy Technology bagged several best poster, oral presentation awards at national and international conferences; besides clutching prestigious fellowships. Department offers campus placement to postgraduates and also prepare them for national level competitive exams. Although the college is one of the youngest amongst all Dairy science colleges in the country but its Alumni are well placed and holding positions as Deputy Manager (Milk-Fed, Punjab), Deputy Director (PDDB), Assistant Professor (GADVASU), and in food and dairy industries in India and abroad. Many of them have also captured brilliant positions for their Master’s and Doctoral programme in renowned universities like Massey University, New Zealand; University of Idaho and Washington State University, USA; University of British Columbia, Canada and many more and are glorifying the institute with their research outputs.
Dairy Technology
Dr. P K Singh
Address : Head of Department of Dairy Technology, College of Dairy & Food Science Technology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
Email: pranav.dt@gmail.com
Call: +91 94173-00374
Brief Introduction :
Dr. Pranav Kumar Singh took over the charge of HOD, Department of Dairy Technology.
Faculty Detail
Dr. Rekha Chawla
Designation : Associate Professor
Contact Address : Department of Dairy Technology, College of Dairy and Food Science Technology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141004
Telephone : 0161-2553308
Mobile : +91 70203-83177
Email : rekhachawla@gadvasu.in, mails4rekha@gmail.com
Academic Credentials
- Bachelor in Food Science and Technology
- Master in Food Science and Technology
- Ph.D. (Dairy Technology)
Teaching appointments
- Teaching interests: Traditional Indian dairy products, functional foods and nutraceuticals, Edible packaging and fortification of foods.
- Specialization: Teaching interest includes vast category of courses including preliminary familiarization with the dairy technology courses such as market milk, Traditional Indian dairy products, condensed and dried milk products, Food Technology, along with advanced courses such as Functional and fortified foods, Advanced food processing, etc.
Other appointments
- Incharge DDMC, CODST
Area of research
- Biodegradable edible packaging
- Functional foods
- Traditional Indian Dairy Products
Ongoing projects
Completed Project
| Sr. No. | Name | Funding Agency | Year of Start |
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| 1. | Development of biodegradable packaging for enhancing shelf life of khoa based milk sweets | RKVY | 2016-18 |
| 2. | Combating the needs of Vitamin A via fortification strategies using dairy products as vehicle for malnourished tribal community | NRDMS/DST | 2016-19 |
| 3. | Synergistic effect of Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) and antimicrobial edible packaging on shelf-life enhancement of composite dairy foods (doda burfi and bottle gourd burfi) | SEED/DST | 2017-20 |
Research honours awards
- Best Poster Award: Jatminder Kaur, Rekha Chawla, S.Sivakumar (2018). Use of Modified Atmosphere Packaging in extending shelf life. In: Punjab Science Congress, Ludhiana, held at Jalandhar during 7-9th Feb’2019.
- Best oral presentation award: Viji P C, Rekha Chawla, Siva Kumar S, Nitika Goel and Veena N (2022). Development of Technology for preparation of functional Pizza Cheese (Processed) and Evaluation of its acceptability through pilot consumer study. In: SVAHE- 4th National Conference organized by College of Veterinary Science, Palampur during 6-8th May’ 2022
No of publications
| Research: 31 | Extension: 38 | Books/Book Chapter: 1/12 | Manuals: 13 |
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Publication
- Shubham Kumar, Rekha Chawla, Sivakumar S and Narender Chandla (2022). Optimization of Wholesome Composite Cereal and Fruit-Based Smoothie Employing Response Surface Methodology AMA 53(12): 11015-11026
- Viji PC, Rekha Chawla, S K Mishra and Sivakumar S (2022). Effect of Vegetable Based Vital Ingredients on Functional Pizza Cheese (Processed) - Cost Benefit Analysis And Consumer Acceptability. AMA 53(12): 10677-10683
- Rekha Chawla, Sivakumar S, Jasbir Singh Bedi, Selvanmuthukumaran, Deep N. Yadav and Rahul Anurag (2022). “Integrative approach of MAP and active antimicrobial packaging for prolong shelf-life of composite bottle gourd milk cake”. Coatings. 12(8): 1204
- Gurpreet Singh*, Sivakumar, S., Chawla, R. and Viji, P.C. (2022). Development and Characterization of environment friendly starch and protein-based packaging materials for food applications. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology- conference Special Edition. 15(02 Special Issue): 01-04, July 2022
- Harshita Sonarthi, Sivakumar S, Rekha Chawla and Veena N (2022). "Impact of refrigerated storage on sensory and microbiological quality parameters of resveratrol fortified yoghurt". The Pharma Innovation Journal. 11(7): 4795-4800
- Singh Manpreet, Rekha Chawla and Venus Bansal (2022). Effect of storage temperature on quality characteristics of iron fortified milk chocolate. Indian Journal of Dairy Science. 75(3):199-207.
- Chawla R., Kaur, M. and Sivakumar S. (2021). Descriptive sensory profiling of thandai using principal component analysis. Indian Journal of Dairy Science. 74(2): 110-116 Naas Rating 5.95
- Mithilesh Mahadev Watharkar, Sivakumar S, Chatli, M.K. and Rekha Chawla (2021). Quality characteristics of spicy paneer with oleoresins at different storage temperatures. Journal of Animal Research. 11 (1):97-103.
- Rekha Chawla, Sivakumar S, Santosh Kumar Mishra, Harsimran Kaur, Rahul Kumar Anurag (2021). Modified Atmosphere Packaging for milk cake: Assessment of ideal gas composition for extending shelf life. British Food Journal. DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-09-2020-0785 (NAAS rating: 8.6).
- Rekha Chawla, Sivakumar S, Harsimran Kaur, and Santosh Kumar Mishra (2021). Effect of starch based edible antimicrobial films and modified atmospheric packaging (MAP) on extended life of composite sweetmeat. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Application. 2: 100055, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carpta.2021.100055
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Sr. No. |
Name of Project |
Funding Agency |
Sanctioned Amount (in lakh) |
Status |
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1. |
Designing a digital model to promote cooperative learning for producing high quality dairy professionals (Jan. 2016 – March 2017). |
Education Division, ICAR, New Delhi |
15.50 |
Completed |
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2. |
Nanoencapsulation of Resveratrol and its stability, antioxidant activity and bioavailability in selective traditional dairy products for health benefits (2015-17). |
Animal Science Division, ICAR, New Delhi |
25.00 |
Completed |
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3. |
Development of fortification technology for milk to increase bioavailability of mineral (2013-15). |
MoFPI, GoI |
70.72 |
Completed |
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4. |
Experimental learning of milk processing (2012-13). |
Education Division ICAR, New Delhi |
95.00 |
Completed |
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5. |
Milk processing and manufacturing of value added dairy products (2011-14). |
Under RKVY Scheme |
47.00 |
Completed |
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6. |
Technological development of phytosterol enriched fermented dairy products (2012-15). |
Under RKVY Scheme |
08.00 |
Completed |
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7. |
Synergistic Effect of Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) and antimicrobial edible packaging on shelf life enhancement of composite dairy foods (doda burfi and bottle gourd burfi) (Feb 2016 – 2019). |
DST, GoI |
28.96 |
Ongoing |
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8. |
Combating the needs of Vitamin A via fortification strategies using dairy products as vehicle for malnourished tribal community (Dec 2015 – Dec 2018). |
DST, GoI |
12.00 |
Ongoing |
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9. |
Value addition of whey and pearl millet in the development of functional gluten free foods. (March 2015 – June 2018) |
DST, GoI |
23.63 |
Ongoing |
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10. |
Development of biodegradable packaging for enhancing shelf life of khoa based milk sweets (April 2014 – July 2018). |
Under RKVY Scheme |
10.00 |
Ongoing |
Dairy Technology
- Established equipped and well furnished
laboratories/ R&D infrastructure and facilities for carrying out need based
Research and Development.
- Built-in the state-of-art infrastructure
including smart classrooms for the efficient learning pedagogy and also
established Experimental Dairy Plant (Capacity 5000 lts. milk/day) for quality
human resource development.
- Earned various extra mural research projects
from various funding agencies like DBT, DST, MOFPI, ICAR, etc.
- Provided onsite International Consultancy for
transfer of technology for Shelf Stable Additive Free Frozen Paneer.
- Successfully crafted success stories for
emerging entrepreneurs with technical guidance and regular follow ups
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100 percent placement record and students have
fetched remarkable positions in higher education
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The department of dairy technology has best
research laboratories (09) equipped with high end sophisticated
analytical/ processing instruments to meet out the requirements for teaching
and to conduct the practical classes, research & development in the area of value addition of
milk and milk products, new products/ functional foods development and
characterization, nanotechnology, dried milk products, by-products utilization,
cheese and fermented dairy products, membrane technology, traditional dairy
products, etc.
The list
of available equipments is as follows i.e.
bench top microfluidizer, food texture analyzer, hunter lab colorimeter,
rheometer, Uv-Vis spectrophotometer,
viscometer, IR moisture analyser, water activity meter, laboratory spray
driers, membrane processing plants, single screw extruder, ultrasonicator,
digital bulk density meter, ika homogenizer(s), vibration table, tear tester,
tensile strength tester, bursting strength tester, cob tester, box compression
tester, millipore water purifier, water activity meter, refrigerated
centrifuge, ovens, water baths, incubators, deep freezers & refrigerators,
etc.
The
research facilities, expertise and international collaboration established and
available at Department of Dairy Technology offer holistic development to
students, research scholars and scientists
in both academics and research. Alumni from Department are serving as
Assistant Professor(s), Assistant Manager(s), Post-Doc researchers, and
pursuing Ph.D.
Photographs of Equipment’s Available
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Hunter
LAB Colorimeter |
Texture
Analyzer |
IR
Moisture analyser |
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Bench
top spray drier |
Rheomat |
Bench
Top Microfluidizer |
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Planetary
Mixer |
Baking
Oven |
Single
Screw Extruder |
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Uv-Vis
Spectrophotometer |
Spray
Dryer |
Membrane
processing plant |
Dairy Technology
Faculties of the Department of Dairy Technology are actively participating in various scientific events, seminar and symposia at national and international level. List of awards won by the faculties are enlisted hereunder
Dr. S. Sivakumar
- Best Teacher Award in Dairy Science & Technology (for 2017-18) Awarded by Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
- Best Poster Award in International Conference, IMSACON, Organized by Department of LPT, COVS, GADVASU, Ludhiana (November 10-12, 2016).
- Best Poster Award in National Seminar on Food Processing India 2017 organized by Department of Food Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar (3rd – 4th March 2017).
- Best Poster Award in National Conference, organized by Department of Food Technology, MDU, Rothak on Food Processing for Value Addition: Trends and Innovations” held on November 27, 2017.
- Best Poster Award in National Conference on Emerging and Sustainable Technologies in Food Processing (ESTFP-2018), Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, 15th – 16th March.
- Received Third prize in oral presentation in Third National Conference on Contemporary Food Processing and Preservation Technologies (12-13 April, 2018), Shoolini University, Solan (HP).
- Received Second prize in poster presentation in Third National Conference on Contemporary Food Processing and Preservation Technologies (12-13 April, 2018), Shoolini University, Solan (HP).
Dr. Pranav Kumar Singh
- Received Asia Productivity Organization (APO), Japan fellowship to attend the Study Mission on Modern Quality Control and Inspection Systems for Food Products in Germany from October 12th – 17th, 2015.
- Best Poster Award at 44th Dairy Industry Conference held at NDRI, Karnal during February 18th – 20th, 2016.
- Received invitation to deliver an Invited Talk on “Milk Protein stabilized Nano emulsions for the Delivery of Vitamin D2 into Food System” in 7th Asian Conference on Colloid and Interface Science (ACCIS2017) held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between August 8-11, 2017.
- Received invitation to deliver an Invited Talk on “Nanotechnology: An Innovative Technique for the Value Addition of Foods” in the International Conference on Technologies for Value Addition in Food Products held at Hotel Hyatt Regency, Chandigarh, India between July 20-21, 2017.
Dr. Nitika Goel
- Second prize in e-poster presentation: Nitika Goel, P K Singh and S K Kanawjia on the topic “Technology of oil in water emulsions developed as potential delivery system for phytosterols in food matrix” in 46thDairy Industry Conference Kochi, Kerela held on Feb 8-10, 2018.
- Third prize in poster presentation: Nitika Goel, P K Singh, S K Kanawjia and Inderpreet Kaur on the topic “Physio-chemical properties of stable oil in water emulsion developed as a potential delivery system for Phytosterols into food matrix in 7th conference of Indian meat science association on “New horizons for augmenting meat production and processing to ensure nutritional security, food safety and environmental sustainability organized by Department of Livestock Production Technology, GADVASU, Ludhiana from November 10 to 12, 2016.
Dr. Rekha Chawla
- Navdeep Singh, Rekha Chawla, S SivaKumar and Gopika Talwar. Second prize in poster presentation on the topic “Screening for polysaccharides and plasticizers for edible packaging” in 21stPunjab Science Congress held at PAU from February 7-9, 2018.
- Best Poster Award: Sandeep Singh, Sunil Kumar Khatkar, Rekha Chawla, Harsh Panwar and Anil Kumar Puniya (2017) Designer Chocolate: Novel era for Dairy and Food Processing Industry to Combat Malnutrition. In: National Seminar on Food Processing India 2017 Held at GJUS&T, Hisar from 3rd - 4th March 2017.
- Received Best Paper (Oral Presentation) Award: Sunil Kumar Khatkar and Dadi Bhaskar. Development and quality evaluation of ?-glucan enriched low fat functional dahi. In International Conference on Bio and Nano Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture, Food, Health, Energy and Industry (ICBN-2018) organized by Department of Bio and Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar-125001, India. Held on February 21-23, 2018.
- Best Paper Award (Oral): Khatkar SK and Gupta VK Membrane-induced application for the development of good quality Dairy Whitener. In: National Conference on Sustainable Agriculture, Food & Nutritional Security (SAFNS) – 2018. Held on 16th and 17th Feb, 2018, organized by School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab.
- Best Poster Award 2018 in International Conference: ICBN-2018 (Bio and Nano Technologies for sustainable agriculture, food, health, energy and industry. Jointly organized by Department of Bio and Nano Technology, GJUS&T, Hisar held on Feb 21-23, GJUS&T, Hisar.