Minimum Duration: 2 Years
Maximum Duration: 5 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 7,000
Minimum Age: No bar
Maximum Age: No bar
Eligibility:
Master Degree in Dairy Science (Dairy Technology, Dairy Chemistry, Dairy Microbiology, Dairy Engineering), Food Science/ Food Technology, M.V.Sc. (Animal Products Technology/ Dairy Science), M.Sc. Agriculture (Dairy Science/ Dairy Technology) .
Mode of Selection :
For Category “B’: The candidates with Masters Degree in relevant discipline will have to clear the entrance test conducted by the University. The candidates who have cleared the ICAR- NET examination will be exempted from the entrance test. All the candidates have to appear for synopsis presentation and interview before the Doctoral Committee whose decision will be final for the selection of candidates.
Note: The course outlines and reference material will be provided to the students. All the selected candidates shall have to pass eight courses (four compulsory courses of dairy technology discipline and four optional courses which can be selected from the basket of eight optional courses). Each course (compulsory / optional) will be of four credits and the candidate has to secure minimum of 50% marks in each course. Duration of course work will be one year.
India is the largest producer of milk in the world, and is likely to become the second largest dairy products producer in the coming years. The dairy industry requires inculcation of scientific culture for development of cost effective innovative technologies, new products and to meet the challenges of global trade and food safety. The programme aims to equip dairy professionals in the industry and institutes to undertake quality research in the area of dairy technology. It shall provide a platform for undertaking industrial research and testing of the technologies developed at the research institutes.
Objectives:
The objectives of the programme are to: (i) to provide research opportunities to the academician/researcher/industry professional in the area of dairy science and technology; (ii) to facilitate research and development activities in Indian Dairy Industry; (iii) to strengthen the research activities in the area of dairy science and technology; and (iv) to develop the human resource capabilities of research & teaching personnel of agriculture universities & ICAR institutes.
Programme Structure:
This research degree programme is offered with a Course work of 32 Credits and Research work of 64 credits. The course work will have 4 Core Compulsory Courses of 4 credits each (16 Credits) and 4 optional Courses of 4 credits each (16 Credits). For course works Click on Courses Tag.
| CourseCode | Course Name | Credits |
| RDR-001 | Advances in Lipid Technology | 4 |
| RDR-002 | Advances in Protein Technology | 4 |
| RDR-003 | Product Monitoring and Process Control | 4 |
| RDR-004 | R&D Management in Dairy Industry | 4 |
| RDR-005 | Developments in Dairy Processing | 4 |
| RDR-006 | Dairy By-products Technology and Processing | 4 |
| RDR-007 | Advances in Chemistry of Milk Processing | 4 |
| RDR-008 | Advances in Analytical Techniques in Dairy Chemistry | 4 |
| RDR-009 | Applied Food Biotechnology | 4 |
| RDR-010 | Dairy and Food Microbiology | 4 |
| RDR-011 | Dairy and Food Engineering-I | 4 |
| RDR-012 | Dairy and Food Engineering-II | 4 |
Medium of Instruction :
English
Programme Fee :
Rs. 7,000.00 per annum plus Rs. 15,000.00 per annum for 3 years (Laboratory fee)
Names of Research Supervisors (Internal):
Name: Prof. M.K. Salooja ·
Field of specialization: Dairy Technology ·
E-mail: [email protected] ·
Telephone No.: 29533167 or 29572974 ·
Address: School of Agriculture, G Block, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110068
(*) Note: A Research Supervisor can take 6-12 candidates depending upon the Joint/Independent supervisor ship
Additional Information :
The additional information about the programme and the admission details are available at IGNOU website – www.ignou.ac.in and our Regional Centres. Additional information about this programme may also be obtained from School of Agriculture.
For further information kindly contact:
Prof. M.K. Salooja
Programme Coordinator
School of Agriculture G - Block, Zakir Hussain Bhawan,
New Academic Complex, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068.
Phone: +91-11-29572976 Fax: +91-11-29533167
Email: [email protected]
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