Faculty of Dairy Science, Anand, is a pioneer national center for Dairy Technology education established in 1960.The faculty represented by SMC College of Dairy Science has been recognized as "Center of Excellence" which produce qualified dairy professionals. These professionals, by their pursuit for excellence, depth of knowledge and honesty of purpose have brought laurels for themselves and repute to their alma mater.

The college started Indian Dairy Diploma in 1960 and looking to the need for Dairy Professionals, it also started B. Sc (Dairy Technology) degree programme the next year itself as a part of the then Institute of Agriculture.

With the establishment of Gujarat Agriculture University, the college has been given the status of "The Faculty of Dairy Science " in 1972. In the year 1989, ICAR-NDDB joint panel recognized the college as one of the four National (Regional) Centers for excellence in dairy education. The degree programme was revised in 1989 from B. Sc (DT) to B. Tech.(DT). The post-graduate programme was started in 1977. leading to degree of M. Sc (dairying) as well as Ph. D.

Recenly, the college is also awarded as "Best Dairy Science College" for the year 2013 and 2014 by Times Research Group and Earth Research Group respectively.

The college has a fulfledge multiproduct dairy plant established in 1994 to give hands-on training to the students of SMC College of Dairy Science. The dairy plant is known as Vidya Dairy and it has installed capacity of handling 1 Lakh Litre Milk per Day.

The college has signed an MOU with Lund University, Sweden for exchange of students and faculty members.

The alumni of the college has excelled in various diverse fields and are spread all over the world. The college has 100% placement record since its inception.

Genesis/History

Milestones

SMC College of Dairy Science, Anand, one of the foremost institutions for dairy technology education in the country, was established in the year 1961 as a part of the then Institute of Agriculture, Anand. With the establishment of the Gujarat Agricultural University in 1972, the college became its constituent part and was conferred status of a Faculty - "The Faculty of Dairy Science". After elevation of the college as a Faculty in 1972 scopes of its activities have considerably expanded with the following mandate:

• Organize and conduct educational programmes both at undergraduate and post-graduate levels in various branches of Dairy Science and Technology in order to meet the manpower needs of technologists for managing dairy plants and subject matter specialists for research and teaching needs of the country
• Organize short term specialized training programmes /refresher courses, etc. (both formal and informal) for dairy plant personnel, university teachers, research workers, small entrepreneurs, farmers and others in field of Dairy Processing.
• Carry out research in Dairy Technology, Dairy Microbiology, Dairy Chemistry and Dairy Engineering including design and development of dairy equipment, process and new product developement.
• College has head quarter of Swedish South Asian Network on Fermented Foods. It also has head office of Indian Dairy Association, Gujarat State Chapter.
• Through its strong alumni association, organize biannual Alumni Convention and National Dairy Product Judging Contest & National Dairy and Food Quiz every year.

Rendering service to dairy industry through its Consultancy Cell, comprising of a team of multi-disciplinary specialists So far the college has trained 192 Indian Dairy Diploma in Dairy Technology and 741 B.Sc.(Dairy Techno.) and 1681 B.Tech.(D.T.) graduates. The college has also trained 279 M.Sc. / M.Tech., 60 Ph.D. and 16 PG Diploma students till date. All these students are serving in almost all the states of the country and also abroad.