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The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) at Karnal, Haryana, is a premier organisation that provides research support for dairy development programmes of the nation. The institute, which became a deemed university in March 1989, has gained prominence as a front ranking research organisation in the world.

NDRI provides high quality education, developing manpower for multiple levels in the dairy industry. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has also tied-up with the Centre of Advanced Studies at NDRI to further strengthen the research in dairy cattle breeding and dairy technology at the institute.

There are ten subheads — namely dairy cattle breeding, dairy cattle nutrition, dairy cattle physiology, dairy chemistry, dairy engineering, dairy microbiology, dairy technology, animal biochemistry, dairy economics, statistics and management, and dairy extension — under which teaching and research is conducted at the university.

The institute at Karnal is located on 560 hectares of land, of which 360 hectares is used for fodder cultivation. The beautiful campus also houses the central administrative office, various research divisions, the National Library in Dairying, the cattle yard, the embryo biotechnology centre, the artificial breeding complex, farm and maintenance sections. It also houses the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, the trainers’ training centre, the computer centre, the dairy plant, the milk parlour, a health complex, guest house, community centre, printing press, museum, accommodation for staff and student hostels.

The institute offers various programmes at the diploma, graduate, postgraduate and doctorate levels. The BTech (dairy technology) programme offers intensive training in processing of milk and its products, quality control and the engineering aspects of dairy processing equipment. Students spend a year of the four-year course in practical training at the model dairy plant located on the institute’s premises.

NDRI also offers masters degree programmes in dairy microbiology, dairy chemistry, dairy technology, dairy engineering, animal biochemistry, animal biotechnology, animal genetics and breeding, livestock production and management, animal nutrition, animal physiology, dairy economics and dairy extension education. The institute also offers doctoral programmes as well as various farmer oriented activities and training programmes related to animal husbandry and dairy technology.

The AIEEA application form can be purchased by paying Rs 400 (plus Rs 25 handling charges) from the registrars of the 38 agricultural universities as well as Syndicate Bank branches. To get the forms by post, send a demand draft to the Examination Cell, Education Division, ICAR, New Delhi-110012. For details, check the website (www.ndri.res.in).

Eligibility

Plus Two or its equivalent with at least 60 per cent in aggregate and physics, chemistry, mathematics and English as subjects. Candidates should be between 17 and 23 years on December 31, in the year of examination.

Entrance exam

Admission to the BTech course is through the All India Entrance Examination for Agriculture Courses (AIEEA) which is held in the middle of April at 39 centres across the country.

Pattern of exam

The test comprises objective-type questions in physics, chemistry and maths of the Plus Two level.

How to prepare

It is important to have a good grasp of these subjects and regular practice of answering objective type-questions accurately. Some of the books you can refer to are Mathematics by M.C. Khanna and R.D. Sharma, Physics 10+2 by H.C. Verma and I.E. Irodov, and Chemistry by O.P. Agarwal and Tata McGraw Hill publishers.

SAMPLE TEST PAPER

The self inductance of a straight conductor is:

a) zero

b) very large, but not infinity

c) infinity

d) moderate but not zero

A body of mass 2 kg is thrown up vertically with KE of 490 J. If the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 ms –2, the height at which the KE of the body becomes half its original value is:

a) 50 m b) 12.5 m c) 25 m d) 10 m

The depression in freezing point for a molal solution of a molecule is called:

a) cryoscopic constant b) ebullioscopic constant

c) fusion constant d) none

Two dice are thrown. The number of sample points in the sample space when one does not appear on any one side is:

a) 30 b) 33 c) 25 d) 6

A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition. The total number of ways in which this can be done is:

a) 3125 b) 600

c) 260 d) 214

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)