Hon'be Prime Minister of India Sh. Narendra Modi Presenting

“Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award” to NDRI, Karnal

About National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal

The National Dairy Research Institute as country’s premier Dairy Research institution has developed considerable expertise over the last five decades in different areas of Dairy Production, Processing, Management and Human Resource Development. Information generated at the Institute and the services offered have contributed to the growth of Dairy Industry as a whole and well-being of millions of milk producers and consumers of milk and milk products. Realizing the challenging need of global Dairy Trade, the Institute is continuously working to develop its R&D and HRD programmes to better serve the nation.

Research & Division

The R&D activities of the Institute mainly focus on three fundamental facets of Dairying i.e. production and management of dairy animals for better productivity, innovating suitable milk processing technologies and equipments, and providing the dairy farmers and entrepreneurs with information about existing market demands and practical management inputs for making dairying a self-sustaining, profitable business. Research, both in basic.

1600 Dairy animals
2 Regional Centers

Extension & Social Responsibility

The Division of Dairy Extension came into existence during the year 1961 with limited staff and expanded in the 1980’s. Initially, the division was performing extension service-oriented functions. Consequent to the joining of the Head of Division and the Research Officer in 1972, new dimensions of post-graduate teaching and research in extension were added.