Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q 1. What is the scope and application of dairy industry in Pakistan?
A. The dairy industry is important sector of Pakistan. Pakistan is 4th largest milk producing country in the world. Only 3-4% is processed properly of total milk production and rest is consumed as raw milk and used in manufacturing of indigenous dairy products. Therefore, there is a great potential in dairy sector for product development and innovation especially for young dairy technologist.

Q 2. How Dairy Technology degree program is unique in Pakistan?
 A. The University of veterinary and animal sciences, Lahore is only institute in Pakistan, started BS Dairy Technology program with new and advanced curriculum which is of international standard. The curriculum to fulfil the requirements of dairy sector of Pakistan and Middle East.

Q 3. What are different pillars of Dairy Technology?
A. Dairy Technology consists of building blocks such as Chemistry, Microbiology, Processing and engineering, new product development & analysis and quality assurance & management systems.

Q 4. How dairy technologist is better suited than food technologist in dairy sector?
A. The Dairy Technologist is equipped with deep knowledge and technology of milk and milk products. This is prerequisite for Dairy industry. BS Dairy technology is 4 years degree program. In this period of study, all aspects and pillars of dairy sector are covered.

Q 5. How dairy industry can get benefits from skills of dairy technologists?
A. Dairy technology is applied field and practical & hand on training is compulsory and mandatory. The Department of Dairy Technology is equipped with modern labs and dairy plants. These facilities develop working skills which are ideal for any dairy industry. The dairy industry can take benefits of these trained and well equipped dairy technologists. In that way, dairy sector can minimize their efforts and time on training of fresh graduates. This is added advantage for the dairy industry of Pakistan.

Q 6. What skills students acquire after graduating in Dairy Technology?
A. Hands on experience in Platform Testing, inline testing, analysis of finished products, awareness to QC, QA and R&D in Dairy Industry, capable of working in various processes of milk processing and value addition.

Q 7. What are the future prospects of Dairy Technology?
A. The number of milk processing plants is increasing, people are becoming more conscious about the usage of raw milk, trends of milk production from small scale farming to large scale production is increasing.

Q 8. What are the job opportunities for Dairy Technology Graduates?
A. Dairy Technology graduates can find employment in the fields of milk collection, quality assurance, quality control and R&D departments of Milk Processing Sections of Dairy Industry. 

Q 9. Do the Dairy Technology graduates have hands on experience of value addition of milk and milk products?
A. Dairy Technology graduates have hands on experience in fluid milk processing, cheese manufacturing, yoghurt, yoghurt drinks, flavored milks and traditional dairy products.

Q 10. How the Dairy Technology graduates are superior to Food Technologists, Chemists and Chemical Engineers in the handling and processing of milk and milk products?
A. Well equipped with basic knowledge of milk chemistry, microbiology, processing and preservation. Practical exposure and some experience in Dairy Industry.

Q 11. What is the scope of Dairy Technology?
A. Pakistan is an Agriculture country. It has a large number of Livestock population. Milk is the most important commodity among all foods. Dairy Technology is a vast field, dealing with milk and a wide range of milk products.

Q 12. What kind of job facilities is available after completion of degree?
A. In Dairy Industry, in teaching institutes, research laboratories, in food industry, in various NGOs (research and development sections) and government organizations. Own dairy farm or business can be started/managed and provide job to other technologists.

Q 13. How many students of your degree programme get job until now?
A. About 60% students got job, provides services to dairy industry some are also engaged in further studies (M.Phil Food Science, Dairy Technology).

Q 14.  How much is Departmental collaboration with Industry?
A. University has signed various MOUs with Dairy industry, collaboration on different sites. Internship of students is arranged by the University in Dairy Industry in this way students also get intimated with industry people.

Q 15. What is your Faculty Status?
A. Faculty is highly qualified. Four members are PhD, while other three are in pipeline.  Most of them are Foreign trained in different fields of Dairy Science and Technology.

Q 16. What are the existing Laboratory facilities?
A. Two fully equipped Labs for undergraduates and post graduate students are fully functional. One for Dairy Chemistry, second is for Dairy Microbiology an additional lab. is available at Dairy Training and Development Ceter.

Q 17. Does Department have milk processing facility at UVAS?
A. Department has installed 2000 litres/ hr pasteurized milk processing plant which is financed by HEC, Islamabad. Presently plant is used for the practical training of Dairy technology students, dairy industry, and other stake holders.

Q 18.  What are different kinds of dairy products?
A. The plant has the provision to manufacture various value added dairy products such as yoghurt, ice cream, butter and cheese, etc. Other traditional dairy products can also be manufactured.

Q 19.  What are the health benefits of yoghurt?
A. Yoghurt is highly assumable dairy product. Which is nutritious, easily digested by stomach, and releases stomach pain and various disorders.

Q 20. Why milk is important for growing children, adults and for old age people?
A. It has all the basic and necessary nutrients in balanced form. It contains bone forming Calcium and Phosphorus, energy providing fats and carbohydrates. It saves from Osteoporosis in old age.

Q 21.  What is the difference between raw/fresh milk and processed milk?
A. Raw milk may contain some Pathogenic microorganisms which can cause health hazard if not heated properly. Whereas Pasteurized milk is free from all these pathogenic or disease producing microorganisms.

Q 22. What are the health benefits of Pasteurization of milk? And why is it necessary?
A. Pasteurization is a heat treatment below boiling point of milk at certain temperatures for a definite period of time to kill all the pathogenic microorganisms. So pasteurized milk is safe to drink for all, it’s healthy and nutritious.

Q 23. What is the impact of Dairy technology degree on society?
A. The dairy sector is increasing rapidly in Pakistan. There is huge potential for Dairy graduate to grasp the jobs and and placement in private sector. This will reduce the unemployment and increase the prosperity in Pakistan.

Q 24. What are the attractive attributes of Dairy technology program?
 A. Dairy technology is an emerging field and has great potential in Pakistan. This is an applied field and have lot of opportunities to start own business at small scale. Raw milk is available at cheaper rates and could be utilizied in value added products.

Q 25. How Dairy technologies reduces the foreign and generate the income at grass root level?
A. Majority of Dairy products are imported from Europe, USA, Australia to fulfill the requirement of the market. The raw material is hugely available at cheaper rate .The trained man power can produce these products and reduce the import and give high income to farmers. 

Q 26. What are the unique characteristics of Dairy technology degree?
A. The UVAS is only first institute who started the B.S DT in Pakistan. There is no other competitor for this degree. This degree is right choice for dairy industry.

Q 27. What are attractions of B.S DT for Middle East?
A. The Middle East especially in Saudi Arabia, Dairy industry is increasing and have a great demand for dairy technologist. These young DT graduates can get job easily in Middle East due to better skills and deep knowledge than other degree holders.

Q 28. What are major stakeholders of this degree?
A. Dairy production sector like Saphire, Engro, Nestle, Nishat, Ever Fresh etc along with processing industry including multinational and national groups are major stakeholders of this program.

Q 29. What are requirements of this degree?
A. This degree is offered after FSc. Pre-medical and deals with dairy science and technology, including dairy production, process, supply chain management and allied fields.

Q 30. What is rating pattern for this program?
A. Both at public sector and private sector induction is important for its rating, this is specialized degree to provide the world 4th largest milk producer country.