Department of Animal Science and Dairy Science

Animal Science and Dairy Science, both are specialized branches of agriculture. Animal Science deals with the care and management of various domestic species. This department mainly deals with the feeding, breeding, health and welfare of domestic animals. Dairy Science deals with the production and processing of milk and milk products.

The course mainly aims to provide the students with a holistic knowledge about the livestock management and dairy product processing so that it can be applied at field level and also infuse entrepreneurial attitude among the student community. The department staffs are also actively involved in conducting teaching, on-farm activities, educational tours, which will make the students be well versed with the subject.

Dr. Upasana Ratnakaran

Designation: Assistant Professor

Work Experience: 7 years 8 months

Academic credentials/Achievements: I. Achievements:

- Received the “Best oral presentation award” at the International Conference on “Recent Advances in Agriculture, Engineering and Biotechnology for Food Security, from Mahima Research Foundation and Social Welfare on 26th September 2021, Punjab
- Received the “Mahima Best Thesis Award” at the International Conference on “Recent Advances in Agriculture, Engineering and Biotechnology for Food Security, from Mahima Research Foundation and Social Welfare on 26th September 2021, Punjab
- Received the “Young Women Scientist Award” at the 3rd International Conference on “Global Initiative in Agricultural, Forestry and Applied Sciences For Food Security, Environmental Safety and Sustainable Development, from the Agricultural and Environmental Technology Development Society on 18th October 2021, Uttarakhand.
- “Merit Certificate” awarded during post graduate studies.
- Qualified ASRB NET examination held on 4th August 2016
- Qualified all India PG entrance examination for Agriculture and Allied Sciences conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) 2010.
- Qualified Joint Entrance Examination – 2005 (Puducherry, INDIA) and was sponsored by Govt. Of Goa for admission to B.V.Sc. and A.H.

II. Publications:

- Case articles: 4
- Research articles: 4
- Short communications: 2
- Full paper in International conferences: 2
- Abstracts in National conference/symposium : 11
- Review article: 2
- Popular article: 2
- Book chapter: 1
- Poster and oral presentation: 5

III.Workshop/Training/Seminar/Symposium/MOOC’s attended:6/9/3/1/6 respectively
IV. Trainings conducted:

Farmer’s training: 1
Govt. Vocational HSS students training: 6

Sr.no	Year	Semester	Course No.	Credits	Course Title
1	Ist Year	I	AHDS-111	2 (1+1)	Livestock Production and Management
2	IInd Year	IV	AHDS-242	2 (1+1)	Livestock Breeding and Nutrition
3	IIIrd Year	V	AHDS-353	2 (1+1)	Technology of Milk and Milk Products
4	IIIrd Year	VI	AHDS-364	2 (1+1)	Sheep, Goat and Poultry Production
5	IVth Year	VII	RAWE 4707	1 (0+1)	Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science
6	IVth Year	VIII	ELM AHDS 4803	(0+10)	Poultry Production
7	IVth Year	VIII	ELM AHDS 4804	(0+10)	Processing of Milk and Milk Products

After completion of the course:
The students will get knowledge and skills of advance techniques on livestock and poultry management practices as well as processing of various value-added milk products. These technologies can further be passed on to farming community during their RAWE visit. In the final year, that is during their experiential learning module, the students will learn and develop entrepreneurial skills in the preparation and processing of various value-added milk products, acquaint in project writing, evaluate the financial viability of the project and also understand the marketing strategies essential for the sale of their produce.

Research Trials:
Department of Animal Science and Dairy Science has done several trials on formulating fruit based Shrikand recipes with the help of locally available fruits from Goa. This work was done along with the help of final year students who had enrolled for dairy processing module. The parameters required for fruit pulp analysis was carried out with the help rendered by the department of Horticulture. The products made were evaluated by Hedonic scale with the help of experts from various fields in the campus. It was indeed a great success. We wish to further collaborate the work with Goa Diary and Italab for the physical and chemical parameters of the samples so that the sample may be used commercially in the market.

I. Experimental research on fruit based Shrikhand

Trainings
One day Hands on Training Program on “Dairy Processing of Milk into value-added Products” for the third and final year students was conducted.

II. Educational Visit
a. Visit to ICAR CCARI (2023-2024):

b. Visit to ICAR CCARI (2023-2024):

III. “Experiential Learning Programme in Processing of Milk & Milk Products, was undertaken during 2023-2024 at the Department of Animal Science and Dairy Science, Goa College of Agriculture, with a view to create a spirit of entrepreneur ability in dairy processing among students