The  Department was created in the year 1996 to strengthen the teaching and research activities in the field of Dairy Business Management. The students are taught courses that  enhance their skills in management which aids them in viewing the business aspects of dairy technology and in their pursuit  of  higher studies in the field of business management.

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The Department is conducting training programmes on frontline areas Advanced Data Analytics, Machine learning and Big data analytics.

 

Courses in statistics and computer science for both undergraduate and postgraduate of Dairy Science and Veterinary students are offered by the Department.   It extends consultancy services to PG students and Scientists of the University in statistics for data analysis. The Department offers a two year  MBA programme in Food Business which started during the academic year 2009-10 and is one of its kind in the country.

 

The Department has the ability to carry projects and training in the area of  market surveys, project report preparation, mathematical modeling, demand and supply forecasting, statistics, Business Analytics, etc.

 

The Department has completed some very important projects entitled “Capital Requirements for Modernization of Dairy Farming in Karnataka”, “Evolution of organized retail chains in India” and Ad hoc project on forecasting of agricultural commodity prices in Karnataka.