The National Dairy Research Institute is the nation’s premier Dairy Research Institute and it has developed considerable expertise over the past decades in different areas like human resource development, management, processing and dairy production. The services offered by the institute and the information generated from it have contributed towards the development of dairy industry as a whole and for the well-being of the millions of milk consumers and producers of milk products and milk.

Realizing the challenging requirement of global trade of dairy products, the institute is continuously working towards the development of its Human Resource Development and Research & Development Programmes for serving the nation better in terms of economic prosperity, poverty alleviation, employment generation and food security.

History of National Dairy Research Institute:

The National Dairy Research Institute, which is operating from the place called Karnal in the Indian state of Haryana originally began its journey as Imperial Institute of Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the year 1923 at the city of Bangalore. Later in the year 1936, it was developed and renamed as Imperial Dairy Institute and was known as the National Dairy Research Institute after the independence of the nation in the year 1947. Subsequently, in the year 1955, the headquarters of the institute was shifted to Karnal and the facilities at the city of Bangalore were retained for functioning as a Regional Station for serving the southern states of the nation. In the year 1964, the Eastern Regional Station of the institute was introduced at the city of Kalyani in West Bengal and both the regional centres at Bangalore and Kalyani continue to offer regional specific research and development support for development of dairying in these areas. Again in the year 1970, the institute was brought under the Indian Council for Agricultural Research for offering greater operational autonomy in such a way that the institute can carry out its research management functions efficiently. Later in the year 1989, the institute was conferred with the status of Deemed University with a view to strengthen its educational activities for ensuring human resource development.

List of courses offered by the National Dairy Research Institute (Deemed University):

• Bachelor of Technology in Dairy Technology

• Masters in Dairying

• Doctor of Philosophy in

o Dairy Microbiology

o Dairy Chemistry

o Dairy Technology

o Dairy Engineering

o Animal Biochemistry

o Animal Biotechnology

o Animal Genetics & Breeding

o Livestock Production & Management

o Animal Nutrition

o Animal Physiology

o Dairy Economics

o Dairy Extension Education

• Ph. D (SRS, Bangalore) in

o Dairy Chemistry

o Dairy Technology

o Animal Genetics & Breeding

o Livestock Production & Management

o Dairy Economics

• Ph. D in Dairy Technology (ERS, Kalyani)

The National Dairy Research Institute as the premier Dairy Research institution undertakes extension, teaching and research activities towards the development of the field of dairying in the nation. Being a national institute, the university conducts applied and basic research with the objective of enhancement of animal productivity and also for development of cost effective technologies for the advantage of teeming millions. In addition, the institute also offer high quality manpower for meeting the human resource needs of overall dairy development in the nation and it also undertakes extension programmes for transfer of knowhow from lab to the field of farmers.