The objective of the department is to impart theoretical and practical knowledge of dairy business-related activities such as accounting, financial & Marketing management, economic concepts, ICT tools and technology. In addition to this basic objective, the department is also aimed at providing exposure to business aspect of the dairy industry.
B.Tech. (Dairy Technology) students are taught about the basic aspects of financial management and various sources and applications of funds in the organization. Despite this, the students are guided on how to use the techniques of capital budgeting in the maintaining of long-term projects in a detailed manner. The students are also informed how the transactions like purchase of milk, the sale of the dairy product, how to ascertain the profit or loss, how to study the inflow and outflow of cash, the factors influencing the working capital requirements, how to fix the price of the product produced etc. The students are given an opportunity to expose their potentials on their communication skills. In addition to these basic business-related activities, the department also offers courses in dairy extension, industrial statistics, and dairy production management. The department also provides an IT training to the students along with the application of OR in the decision-making process.
Faculty of Dairy Business Management
List of Subjects
| Sr. | Discipline and Title of the Course (DBM Department) | Credit Hours |
| 1 | Milk Production Management and Dairy Development | 3 (2+1) |
| 2 | Computer and Application Software Packages | 2 (1+1) |
| 3 | Economic Analysis | 2 (2+0) |
| 4 | Environmental Studies | 2 (1+1) |
| 5 | ICT in Dairy Industry and Operation Research | 4(2+2) |
| 6 | Fundamentals of Dairy Extension | 3 (2+1) |
| 7 | Marketing Management & International Trade | 2 (2+0) |
| 8 | Communication Skills | 2 (1+1) |
| 9 | Industrial Statistics | 2 (1+1) |
| 10 | Entrepreneurship Development and Industrial Consultancy | 2 (2+0) |
| 11 | Financial Management and Cost Accounting | 3 (2+1) |
| 12 | Total | 27 (19+8) |