Department of Livestock Products Technology
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Department of Livestock Products Technology

The Department

About the Department

Department of Livestock Products Technology was established in the year 1996 and has set out the following vision for itself.

"Leveraging Proficiency in Science and Technology through Innovation, Contract Research and Consultancy Services to Become Partner of Progress with Milk, Meat and Egg Industries by Active Symbiotic Interaction with Stakeholders (Industry and Producers)"

The department is engaged in teaching, research and extension related to post harvest technology aspect of animal products viz. milk processing, meat processing, poultry processing and animal by-products processing.

The department offers undergraduate courses leading to the degrees B.V.Sc and A.H, B.Tech (Food Technology) and B. Tech (Biotechnology); courses leading to Diploma in Veterinary Pharmacy; postgraduate courses leading to the degrees M.V.Sc (Livestock Products Technology) and Ph.D. (Livestock Products Technology) and part time courses of Indira Gandhi National Open University leading to Diploma in Milk Technology, Diploma in Meat Technology and Diploma in Food Safety Management.

Since inception, the department has contributed significantly in terms of generating scientific man power through under graduate and post graduate teaching, research and contributed to university extension activities and services by providing training to farmers, unemployed youth and women for self-employment through value addition of livestock products; International Exchange Programme for French Diploma students and biannual farmers’ fair. In total 47 M.V.Sc. and 3 Ph.D students have successfully completed their degree and currently one MVSc student and one PhD student are pursuing their post graduate courses and research. Many passed out students are employed in Pvt. Sector Meat Processing units, faculty in Veterinary Colleges and State Government Animal Husbandry Departments, State Civil Services and Public Sector Bank.

The infrastructure of the department includes meat processing laboratory, milk processing laboratory, Entrepreneurship Training Unit in value addition of meat and poultry and quality control laboratory.


Honourable Chief Minister, Uttarakhand, Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami ji tasting Mandua-lassi (Finger millet lassi) and Mandua-burfi (Finger millet burfi)

Faculty and Staff of Dept. of LPT showcasing millet based composite dairy products during 17th Agricultural Science Congress, Pantnagar

Academics

Academics

Facility

Facility

The department has modern infrastructure to conduct practical classes for the above under graduate and post graduate courses. To prosecute post graduate research following infrastructural facilities are available-

  • Analytical and Quality Control Laboratory
  • Ice-cream Plant
  • Entrepreneurship Training Unit in Value Addition of Meat and Poultry
  • Milk Processing laboratory
  • Meat Processing Laboratory

  • List of equipments:

  • Bowl Chopper
  • Poultry portioning machine
  • Deep Freezer
  • Vaccume meat tumbler
  • Meat tumbler
  • Wireless device & accessories
  • Meat smoking cabinet
  • Meat grinder
  • Ultra Low Temp. freezer
  • Water bath incubator shaker
  • Incubator
  • Automatic distillation & titration unit
  • Meat mincer
  • Vaccume Packing machine
  • Meat slicer
  • Band saw
  • Muffle furnace
  • Textrure analyzer
  • Refrigerator
  • Muffle furnace
  • Sausage filler
  • Show case freezer
  • Water bath
  • Analytical weighing balance
  • Weighing scale digital
  • Generator
  • Water activity meter
  • Hot Air oven
  • Computer
  • Meat mixer
  • Spectro photo meter
  • Ice cream plant
  • BOD incubator
  • Kulfi making machine
  • Blast Freezer
  • Butter churn
  • Autocluve
  • Cream separator
  • Ice flaking machine
  • Deep freezer
  • Vacum Tumbler
  • Deafeathering machine
  • Cooking range vat
  • Meat forming machine
  • Ice-cream Plant


    Analytical and Quality Control Laboratory


    Meat Processing Laboratory


    Milk Condenser


    Kulfi freezer


    Milk Technology Laboratory


    Entrepreneurship Training Unit


    Faculty

    Faculty Members

    Dr. P. Prabhakaran
    Dr. P. Prabhakaran
    Professor & Head
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    Dr. Anita Arya
    Dr. Anita Arya
    Associate Professor
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    Dr. Praneeta Singh
    Dr. Praneeta Singh
    Assistant Professor
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    Research

    Research

    Extension activities

    The department offers extension services to the University in training farmers, women development programmes like REAP and entrepreneurial training for B.V.Sc internship students in milk and meat processing and regularly participates in University Farmers Fair held in the months of March and October every year. It regularly prepare milk and meat products for sale that includes ice-cream, kulfi, chicken nuggets, chicken patties, chicken pickle, chicken samosas etc.


    Projects
  • The department had successfully completed NATP project “Quality Assurance and Mnitoring of Foods from Livestock and Poultry”
  • Uttarakhand Council of Biotechnology project “Value Addition of Chicken Skin” and Experiential Learning Scheme of ICAR for training students for self-employment “Entrepreneurship Training Unit in Value Addition of Meat and Poultry”.
  • “Training to farmers/ unemployed youth on clean milk production and processing of dairy products for socioeconomic upliftment of SC rural farmers of Uttarakhand” ICAR SC- Subplan

  • Technologies Developed and Significant Research Achievements
    1. A composition to replace nitrite in meat products
    2. Plant starch based fat replacer for meat products
    3. Development of novel ingredient (protein concentrate) from chicken skin, a by-product of broiler processing industry
    4. Development of technology to prepare collagen enriched meat products
    5. Characterization of selected native herbs and spices; milk and meat products of Uttarakhand

    New products developed
    Department has developed new millet based dairy desserts and beverages viz. Mandua-lassi (Finger millet lassi), Mandua-in-cream frozen dairy dessert (Finger millet-in-cream frozen dairy dessert), Mandua-burfi (Finger millet burfi) for promoting millets as part of International Year of millet-2023 celebrations

    Colloborative Activities
  • Collaborated with Deptt. of Veterinary Pathology for a private sector research project on ‘the effect of feeding Bt cotton seed on milk composition and quality of lactating buffaloes’.
  • The department has offered technical consultancy services to Uttarakhand Sheep and Wool Development Board of Government of Uttarakhand and played important role in conception and launch of ‘Himalayan Goat Meat’ Project.
  • As part of GBPUAT-DEIFFA, France MOU, imparted training to French Diploma students in milk and meat processing and M.V.Sc. (LPT) students of the department had undergone training for two months in France.
  • It collaborated with Department of Veterinary Extension on a project “Capacity Building and Empowering Rural Women of Uttarakhand through New Veterinary Technologies of 21st Century Society” sponsored by National Commission for Women towards empowerment of women through training the rural women of Uttarakhand to enable value addition of milk products.
  • Patents

    Patents

    Patents

  • “A Composition and Process to Develop a Substitute for Nitrite in Processed Meat Food Products without Compromising Food Safety” filed vide Application No. 201611021045 dated: 20-06-2016. IPMC/Patent IPRs/163 Dated 24-05-2016. Status: Examination awaited
    Inventors: P. Prabhakaran, Prateek Shukla, V.K.Tanwar and Praneeta Singh

  • A patent “A product ‘chicken skin protein concentrate’ and a method for its preparation” has been filed to Intellectual Property India office vide application no. 202411081367 dated 25-10-2024. Inventors: Dr. P. Prabhakaran, Dr. Praneeta Singh, Dr. Chirag Singh and Dr. Raheel Bashir
  • Student Info

    Student Info

    S.No. Student Name ID. No. Year of Admission Advisor Name Thesis Title (Tentative)
    Detailed Information of P.G. Students
    1. Dr. Shivesh Singh Sengar 62810 2024-25 Dr. Praneeta Singh Development and quality evaluation of millet containing fermented dairy beverages
    Detailed Information of P.G. Students
    1. Dr. Keerthan S. 64693 2025-26 Dr. P. Prabhakaran To be decided
    Detailed Information of Ph.D. Students
    1. Ms. Deepshikha Singh 44669 2020 Dr. Anita Efficacy of edible coating incorporated with herbal extract for preserving functional chicken patties
    Detailed Information of P.G. Students
    1. Ms. Priyanka Pandey 56753 2020 Dr. P. Prabhakaran Effect of unripe banana flour and unripe jackfruit flour as texturizing agent of qualities of patties formulated with proteolyzed chicken skin protein concentrate