Department of Dairy Engineering

Engineering principles, process control, automation and modern technologies for the dairy and food industries

Department Overview

The Department of Dairy Engineering provides knowledge and skills in engineering principles applied to dairy processing, utilities, equipment and process control under the B.Tech. (Dairy Technology) degree programme.

The department is committed to continuous upgradation and modernization of its facilities in accordance with emerging technological advancements and the evolving needs of the dairy and food industries.

As part of its future development plans, Machine Learning and Robotics laboratories are envisaged to support advanced teaching, research, innovation and hands-on training, thereby equipping students with future-ready skills.

Through quality teaching, practical training and exposure to modern dairy engineering technologies, the department strives to develop competent, innovative and industry-ready dairy technologists capable of meeting the emerging challenges and requirements of the dairy and food processing sectors.

Faculty Profile

Dr. Vivek Koshta

Assistant Professor

vivek.koshta@upvetuniv.edu.in View Profile

Courses Offered

1. Undergraduate Program

B.Tech. (Dairy Technology)

Academic Regulations 2025 ICAR VIth Dean's Committee

Semester	Course Code	Nomenclature	Credit Hours
Semester I
	DE-111	Workshop Practice	2 (1+1)
	DE-112	Fluid Mechanics	2 (1+1)
	DE-113	Engineering Drawing	1 (0+1)
Semester II
	DE-121	Heat & Mass Transfer	3 (2+1)
	DE-122	Basic Electrical Engineering	3 (2+1)
	SEC-122	Electric Power supply and distribution in Dairy Plant	Not specified
Semester III
	DE-211	Thermodynamics	3 (2+1)
	DE-212	Dairy Engineering	3 (2+1)
	DE-213	Refrigeration & Air-conditioning	3 (2+1)
Semester V
	DE-311	Instrumentation and Process Control	3 (2+1)
	DE-312	Dairy Process Engineering	3 (2+1)
Semester VI
	DE-321	Strength of Materials & Dairy Machine Design	3 (2+1)
	DE-322	Energy Conservation and Management	2 (1+1)
Semester VII
	DE-411	Food Engineering	3 (2+1)
	DE-412	Dairy Plant Design and Layout	2 (1+1)

Academic Regulations 2024 ICAR Vth Dean's Committee

Semester	Course Code	Nomenclature	Credit Hours
Semester I
	DE-111	Workshop Practice	2 (1+1)
	DE-112	Fluid Mechanics	3 (2+1)
	DE-113	Engineering Drawing	1 (0+1)
Semester II
	DE-121	Thermodynamics	2 (1+1)
	DE-122	Heat & Mass Transfer	3 (2+1)
	DE-123	Boilers and Steam Generation	2 (1+1)
Semester III
	DE-211	Refrigeration & Air-conditioning	3 (2+1)
	DE-212	Basic Electrical Engineering	3 (2+1)
Semester IV
	DE-221	Dairy Engineering	3 (2+1)
	DE-222	Instrumentation and Process Control	3 (2+1)
Semester V
	DE-311	Material Strength and Dairy Machine Design	3 (2+1)
	DE-312	Dairy Process Engineering	3 (2+1)
Semester VI
	DE-321	Food Engineering	3 (2+1)
	DE-322	Dairy Plant Design and Layout	2 (1+1)
	DE-323	Energy Conservation and Management	2 (1+1)

2. Postgraduate Program

M.Tech. (Dairy Engineering)

PG Academic Regulations 2025 ICAR BSMA

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
DE-601*	Dairy and Food Engineering I	3+0
DE-602	Analytical Heat and Mass Transfer	2+1
DE-603	Transport Phenomena	3+0
DE-604	Advances in Refrigeration Engineering	2+1
DE-605*	Design of Food and Dairy Processing Equipment	2+1
DE-606	Engineering Properties of Dairy and Food Products	2+1
DE-607	Mechanization in manufacturing of Indigenous Dairy Products	3+0
DE-608*	Dairy and Food Engineering II	3+0
DE-609	Bio-Thermal Process Engineering	3+0
DE-610*	Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control	2+1
DE-611	Industrial Automation and Robotics	3+0
DE-612	Unit Operations	2+1
DE-613	Environmental Engineering	2+0
DE-614	Energy Management and Auditing in Dairy and Food Plants	2+1
DE-691	Master's Seminar	1+0
DE-699	Master's Research	0+30

* Compulsory courses

Facilities

W Dairy Engineering Workshop

Workshop tables / work benches
Bench grinder
Electric-powered saw
Pipe-bending machine
Portable welding machine
Hand grinder / cutting machine
Bench vices

F Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Orifice and mouthpiece apparatus
Pipe friction and head-loss apparatus
Flow-through-channel apparatus
Venturimeter and Orificemeter
Centrifugal pump test rig
Rotameter and water flow meters
Reynolds apparatus
Bernoulli's apparatus
Pumps, valves and pipe fittings

H Heat Transfer Laboratory

Parallel and counter-flow heat transfer apparatus
Thermal conductivity apparatus
Stefan-Boltzmann apparatus
Composite-wall heat transfer apparatus
Natural and forced convection apparatus
Critical heat flux apparatus
Lagged-pipe heat transfer apparatus

R Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Laboratory

Refrigeration and air-conditioning tutor units
Refrigerant charging station
Sealed and open-type compressor models
Thermostats
HP / LP pressure switches
Solenoid valves
Expansion valves

E Electrical and Instrumentation Laboratory

Digital energy analyzers
Induction motors and starters
Single-phase transformer
Three-phase energy meter
DOL / star-delta / auto-transformer starters
Motor and wiring experimental setups
Tachometers
Soft starter
Data logger
Strain-gauge transducer
Pressure transducer
Inductive and photo-cell transducers
PID temperature controller
Lux meter

T Thermodynamics Laboratory

Models of steam stop valve
Fusible plug
Water-level controller
Bourdon gauge
Safety valves
Babcock & Wilcox boiler
Lancashire boiler
Locomotive boiler
Cochran boiler
Green economizer
Two- and four-stroke petrol engines
Four-stroke diesel engine
Steam traps

Future Development: Machine Learning and Robotics laboratories are envisaged as part of the department's future development plans to support advanced teaching, research, innovation and hands-on training, thereby equipping students with future-ready skills.