Dairy sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in the country and has given employment to a number of people in the country. It employs about 8.47 million people annually and the majority of which is women. The industry focuses in the manufacture and processing of milk, cream and other dairy products such as cheese curd and so on. The industry specializes in the procurement, production, processing and distribution of dairy products. In the world wide scenario, India stands in the first position in its share in diary production.

Jobs in Dairy Industry in India

In Diary sector, the jobs are concentrated in the area of production and processing of the diary products. A graduate in diary technology can gain a job in the diary sector as

• Dairy Scientists
• Dairy Technologists
• Dairy Engineers
• Marketing Personnel

A dairy scientist is one who has to deal with the processes including collection of milk, identification and giving special care to high yielding variety of animals, effects of different kinds of food consumption, methods to get better quality and quantity of production of milk, improve  breeding of animals so as to improve the milk quality and so on.

A diary technologist has a role of a procurement officer who is responsible for the collection of milk from various sources such as milk booths, farmers, cattle rearers, etc. He should be updated with the latest technologies which helps maintaining the quality of milk during transportation to the desired destination. He should also look in to the various methods required to preserve the highly perishable dairy products during its preparation and also after the preparation.

Diary Engineers are those who deal with the set up and maintenance of diary plants in various places.

Marketing personnel work in the marketing field where they have to engage themselves in tasks such as sale and marketing of milk and milk products.

Top Dairy Companies in India

Some of the top Indian milk brands are listed below.

• Amul
• Paras
• Mother Dairy
• Saras
• Verka Sweet
• Milma
• Nestle

Some of the leading dairy product companies in India are

• Amul and Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd
• The Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producer’s Federation Limited (OMFED)
• Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Co-operative Federation Limited
• Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Ltd
• Choco~a`la Carte
• Dynamix Dairy Industries Ltd
• Kream Kountry
• Mother Dairy
• Vasudhara Dairy
• Lactose (India) Ltd.
• Modern Dairies Limited
• Pastonji Ice Cream
• Kings Ice Cream Limited
• Param Dairy Limited
• Dhruv Makhan (India) Limited

Pay Scale of Dairy sector jobs

In the dairy sector, one can earn an attractive salary. The bachelor degree holders can get a monthly pay scale of Rs. 25000 at the beginning. With hard work a skilled person may earn about Rs.50000 monthly within 3 or 4 years. Additional educational qualification or experience in this field may help a person to earn a better career and salary.