
Department of Livestock Production Management organised Advanced Management Development Programme (Advanced MDP) “Managing Competencies in the Dairy Farm Business management” dated 11.02.2026 to 17.02.2026 under Project Misc-168 “Advanced Entrepreneurship, skill and Management Development Programmes on Dairy Farming” funded by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, office of Development Commissioner (MSME) Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi. A total of 25 existing and budding entrepreneurs from different areas of Punjab attended this Programme. During the Training Programme series of lectures/Practicals/Hands on experiential learning by different experts from Veterinary, Dairy Science, Bankers/Chartered Accountants etc. were delivered covering different aspects of Scientific Dairy farming, Processing, Marketing & Financial related to Dairy Farm Business ma
nagement. The Valedictory cum certificate distribution session was chaired by Dr. Jatinder Paul Singh Gill, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana. Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, interacted with all the participants and encouraged to follow scientific guidelines for dairy production in order to maintain the sustainability and profitability of Punjab's dairy sector. He, advised that the MSME sector serves as a platform for entrepreneurship, often driven by individual ingenuity and creativity and university provides hand holding to all the budding and existing dairy
entrepreneurs. Dr. S. S. Randhawa, Director Research and Dean, College of Veterinary Science discussed about Scientific precautionary measures to improve dairy animal’s health and productivity and stressed that University under the banner of MSME supports innovators, women, young people and existing/upcoming entrepreneurs with training to create unique goods and services tailored asper regional demand. Dr. R.S. Grewal, Director Extension Education and Course Director urged to adopt cutting-edge technologies to manage dairy products on a commercial scale and adding value through processing for economic stability by promoting innovation, entrepreneurship. Dr. Yashpal Singh, Professor cum Head, Livestock Production Management expressed thanks to MSME for providing financial assistance and the efforts of the entire team. Team involved for the smooth execution of this Advanced MDP Programme was Dr. R.S. Grewal, Dr. Yashpal Singh, Dr. S.T. Singh and Dr. Suresh Kumar.