Modern dairy is on the Jhajjar summit's agenda, and the country's dairy research institute sits at Karnal in Haryana

Background

Modern dairy is one of the discussion topics at the Agri Leadership Summit being held at Hasanpur in Jhajjar, and the country's dairy research institute stands in the same state, at Karnal.
The ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Its mandate is research and human resource development in dairy production, processing and management.
It runs twelve divisions, among them Animal Biochemistry, Animal Biotechnology, Animal Genetics and Breeding, Animal Nutrition, Animal Physiology, Dairy Chemistry, Dairy Engineering, Dairy Microbiology and Dairy Technology.
It has two regional stations, the Southern Regional Station at Bengaluru and the Eastern Regional Station at Kalyani.
The institute lists 2,000 dairy animals, 100 technologies and a library stock of 10,000.
It offers B.Tech programmes in Dairy Technology, Biotechnology and Food Technology, along with Masters and PhD programmes.