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GENESIS/HISTORY |
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Sheth M.C. College of Dairy Science,
Anand, one of the foremost institutions for dairy
technology education in the country, was established in
the year 1961 as a part of the then Institute of
Agriculture, Anand. With the establishment of the
Gujarat Agricultural University in 1972, the college
became its constituent part and was conferred status of
a Faculty - "The Faculty of Dairy Science". After
elevation of the college as a Faculty in 1972 scopes of
its activities have considerably expanded with the
following mandate |
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Organize and conduct educational programmes both at
undergraduate and post-graduate levels in various
branches of Dairy Science and Technology in order to
meet the manpower needs of technologists for managing
dairy plants and subject matter specialists for research
and teaching needs of the country |
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Organize short term specialized training programmes
/refresher courses, etc. (both formal and informal) for
dairy plant personnel, university teachers, research
workers, small entrepreneurs, farmers and others in
field of Dairy Processing. |
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Carry out research in Dairy Technology, Dairy
Microbiology, Dairy Chemistry and Dairy Engineering
including design and development of dairy equipment. |
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Rendering service to dairy industry through its
Consultancy Cell, comprising of a team of
multi-disciplinary specialists |
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So far the college has trained 192 Indian Dairy Diploma
in Dairy Technology and 741 B.Sc.(Dairy Techno.) and 439
B.Tech.(D.T.) graduates. The college has also trained
128 M.Sc. and 16 Ph.D. students till date. All these
students are serving in almost all the states of the
country and also abroad |
