National Dairy Research
Institute is the premier organization that provides R&D support
for Dairy Development programmes of the Nation. Over the years,
it has gained prominence
as the front ranking
research organization on global basis. The Institute works in close
liaison with various National and International developmental agencies
to assist the country in its dairy development plans. Scientific
achievements, development of human resource at multi-tier level
and infusion of science in various sectors of the dairy industry
have
been the hall-marks of the Institute. The Institute catalyses close
interaction among scientists, students, farmers and dairy industry
for orchestrating dairy development process in a harmonious manner. The
National Dairy Research Institute metamorphosed from erstwhile
Imperial Institute for Animal Husbandry & Dairying, which was
established at Bangalore in 1923. In 1936, it was expanded and
renamed as Imperial Dairy Institute. It was in 1955 that its Headquarters
were shifted to Karnal at the location formerly called Central
Cattle Breeding Farm . view to consolidate the impressive infrastructure
already developed at Bangalore, the unit was reorganised to serve
as the Southern Regional Station of the Institute. In 1962 and
1964, two regional stations were established in Kalyani and Bombay,
respectively, to serve as the Eastern and Western regional stations
of the Institute. However, the Western Regional Station (WRS) at
Bombay was closed down in 1984. The Southern and the Eastern Regional
Stations continue to provide region specific R&D support for
dairy development in relation to the agro-climatic conditions that
exist in those areas. In 1970, the Institute's management was weaned
away from the Ministry of Agriculture and brought under the wings
of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research with a view to provide
greater operational autonomy in research management functions.
In 1989, status of Deemed University was conferred to the Institute
for further strengthening the academic programmes for human resource
development. The Institute provides high quality education in the
field of dairying which has no parallel in Asia. It is noteworthy
that NDRI is not only an important contributor of dairying manpower
required in SAUs but it plays on important role in enhancing the
teaching capabilities of SAUs dairying staff. This is evidenced
by recognition, by the ICAR, of the Institute as Centre of Advanced
Studies at NDRI in Dairy Cattle Breeding and Dairy Technology disciplines
to further strengthen the research and training components. During
the IX Plan period, a National Research Centre on Biotechnology
is being commissioned at this Institute. There are also additional
proposals to establish a National Referral Centre on Quality Assurance
in Dairy Industry. Additionally a multi-locational network project
for monitoring the Quality of Milk and Milk products is also being
proposed during the IX Plan period.
Departments
Department of Animal Biochemistry.
Department of Computer Centre.
Department of Dairy Cattle Breeding
Department of Dairy Cattle Nutrition.
Department of Dairy Cattle Physiology.
Department of Dairy Chemistry.
Department of Economics, Statistics & Management.
Department of Dairy Engineering.
Department of Dairy Extension.
Department of Dairy Microbiology.
Department of Dairy Technology.
Department of Eastern Regional Station, Kalyani.
Department of Southern Regional Station, Bangalore.
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