College of Dairy Science and Technology was established in the year 2008 as a constituent college of the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and situated in the main campus of the University at Ludhiana. In the year, 2024 the name of the college was changed to College of Food Science and Technology and a new four year programme was started: B. Tech (Food Science and Technology) in addition to B. Tech. (Dairy Technology) programme running in college since 2008.
The total intake capacity of B. Tech ( Dairy Technology ) programme is 50 and thta of B. Tech ( Food Science and Technology ) is 40.The college is accredited by the ICAR, New Delhi and are following the course curriculum as recommended by the 5th Dean’s Committee of ICAR. The major objectives of the college is to produce trained human resource through its under graduate and post graduate programme to meet the technical manpower requirement of dairy and food processing, government, and R&D organizations. All the passed-out students are well placed either in dairy industry, government departments or pursuing higher studies in various foreign universities of repute. There are five departments in the college i.e. Department of Dairy Technology, Department of Dairy Engineering, Department of Dairy Chemistry, Department of Dairy Microbiology and Department of Dairy Economics and Business Management. Besides the undergraduate programme the college is also having Masters programme in all five disciplines and PhD programme in four disciplines. The college is having one of the best laboratory facilities for teaching and practical classes of undergraduate and post graduate students. All laboratories are well furnished and equipped with advanced and modern analytical instruments. The college is blessed with young and dynamic faculty with wide exposure and very good infrastructure, especially laboratory facilities and Experimental Dairy Plant. The university also has a special provision for candidates from outside Punjab under ‘Other State Quota’.
