Department of Dairy Microbiology was set up under Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (B.C.K.V.) in the year of 1977. With the bifurcation of BCKV and creation of West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Dairy Microbiology is a constituent Department of Faculty of Dairy Technology since its inception in 1995. The Department is responsible for teaching courses related to Dairy Microbiology at Undergraduate and Post Graduate levels. It also conducts research in the subject as per the demand of the industry and policy of the University and participates in various extension activities. This Department is engaged in research, teaching, consultancy, training and technology transfer in specialized field of Dairy Microbiology. The research work in this Department covers the areas related to starter cultures and fermented milk products; indigenous products, prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics; and quality assurance and food safety. The department fulfils the various mandates of ICAR through its teaching, research and extension education programmes. It is engaged for developing manpower of B. Tech. (DT) students with adequate knowledge of microbiology of milk and milk products, their shelf-life, quality assurance, safety aspects, sanitation and hygiene of a dairy plant and brief overview of Food & Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology The department offers degree in M.Tech in Dairy Microbiology and Ph.D in Dairy Microbiology.
