This document provides an overview of the Student Ready Program, a one-month training program for dairy technology students at the National Dairy Research Institute in Haryana, India. The training involved visits to the NDRI cattle yard, local farms, and research institutes. Students were divided into groups, given topics to research, and trained in various sections of the cattle yard including videography, poster making, animal health, fodder, and calf feeding. The goal was to provide both physical and mental work experience in different areas of dairy farming and animal husbandry.

1. Student Ready Program
An Overview
NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
KARNAL,HARYANA-132001
BISHAL BARMAN
B.Tech. (DAIRY TECHNOLOGY)

2. CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CATTLEYARD VISIT
NANNU AGRO VISIT
TAPRANA VISIT
CSSRI VISIT
VARIOUS TOPICS COVERED IN CLASSES
TRAINING IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CATTLEYARD
CONCLUSION

3. INTRODUCTION
 Student Ready Program is a training program for one month duration for the students
pursuing their bachelor’s in Dairy Technology.
 This training program involves working both physically and mentally in different cases.
 We were assigned different topics to work on after dividing our total strength to seven
different groups respectively.
 We were given lectures by some of the guest faculties as well as the faculties of NDRI to
have a brief knowledge about some basic knowledge in the field of animal husbandry
and dairy.

4. NDRI CATTLE YARD VISIT
 NDRI Cattle yard has more than a thousand animals including Cattles, Buffaloes and
Goats.
 It has three indigenous breeds of cow viz.
a. Sahiwal
b. Gir
c. Tharparkar
 NDRI also has two cross breeds of cattle viz.
 a. Karan Fries
b. Karan Swiss
 Murrah breed of buffalo. Also regarded as the “Proud of Haryana”.
 Two goat breeds(cross breeds)
a. Alpine Beetal
b. Saanen Beetal

5. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ABOUT AN INDIGENOUS CATTLE BREED
SAHIWAL CATTLE
 Animals are heavy with symmetrical long, heavy body conformation with change of color to red from brown.
 Color can range from reddish brown through to the more predominant red.
 Intercalving period is 475 days.
 The lactation milk yield and lactation length is 2325 kg and 315 days, respectively.

6. MURRAH
 Murrah is the best dairy breed of buffalo in the world.
 Distributed in Rohtak, Hisar, Jind, Karnal districts of Haryana, and Nabha, Patiala districts in
Punjab.
 Their typical color is jet black, soft, thin, glistening black, almost hairless skin and curled
horns .
 The average age at first calving is 1550 days.
 The lactation milk yield, lactation length and fat% are 1890 kg, 313 days and 7%,
respectively.

7. NANNU AGRO VISIT
 Located in Kaithal District of Haryana.
 It was more or like a small cattle yard with not more than cows.
 It had a well planned and designed waste management system.
 It had two biogas plants to induce methane production to use is at a fuel
 After daily collection of milk they prepare their products such as khoa, ghee,
butter by their own with the help of machinery such as cream separator pre-
installed.
 They sold their products in the market directly by home delivering it in a
daily affair.

8. SNAPSHOTS

9. TAPRANA VILLAGE VISIT
 Taprana is a village located outskirts of Karnal city.
 We met to a group of people who has a self help group of milk and milk products.
 Under the training of NDRI, they are now successful in their milk business.
 We were divided in three groups to analyse the situation of animal keeping in that
locality.
 We quizzed them about various safety measures taken up by them ro draw milk from
cow and also safety measures related to Animal Husbandry.

10. CSSRI VISIT
 Central Soil & Salinity Research Institute.
 We visited the farm section of CSSRI which included Power tiller, Raised bed planter, Seed
Drill, Haramba Thresher.
 We also carefully observed different herbs and shrubs grown such as Henna, Tulsi, Chameli
etc.
 We were also taken to the plot where weather is forecasted with the help of meteorological
instrument.
 We had the pleasure of tasting the guavas grown from organic farming.

11. VARIOUS IMPORTANT TOPICS COVERED IN CLASSES
 Methods to assess raw milk quality by Rajan Sharma Sir.
 Cloning of Buffaloes by Dr.Singla Sir.
 Embryo Transplant of animals by Dr.Singla Sir.
 Endo and Ecto-parasites control.
 Important Dairy Breeds of India by P.K Singh Sir.
 Ration Formulation By Nitin Tyagi Sir.

12.  Various Diseases in Cattle and Buffaloes by Dr. Rubina
 Milk Procurement System by Mr. Gunvantsinh
 Economics of Milk Production by Dr. Smita Sirohi
 Fodder Cultivation by Dr. B. S Meena
 Peri-Urban dairy system by Dr. Gopal Sankhla
 Silage Making by Dr. Rakesh Kumar

13. TRAINING IN VARIOUS SECTIONS
VIDEOGRAPHY CLASS
 This class was taken by Dr.H.R Meena Sir along with the official photographer of
NDRI.
 This class was beneficial for us to complete our assigned video of our respective
topic.
CLASS ON POSTER MAKING
 This class was taken by Dr.H.R Meena Sir.
 It helped us to prepare our final poster
 A poster should convey a message without any hesitation to the reader.

14. ANIMAL HEALTH COMPLEX
 Animal health complex deals with various health problems related to cattle.
 We were guided by Dr.Raju Sir who is a veterinarian.
 We treated the infected cows and me and my group also plastered a broken leg of a cow.
Fodder Section
 We inspected the feed and concentrate mixture given to the cow.
 Before fodder supply to the buffaloes and cattle, chopping is done for its better digestibility.
 We were guided by Rajveer Sir.
CALF SECTION
 We fed the calves with milk.
 We supplied Antiseptic in the dehorning wounds of the calves.