Professional Certification in Dairy Nutrition (PCDN)

Professional Certification in Dairy Nutrition offers specialized knowledge and skill enhancement for veterinarians, dairy farmers, animal scientists, and nutritionists. They will gain critical insights into dairy animal nutrient requirements, feed management, ration formulation, and health optimization to improve milk production and animal well-being.

Centre for Nutrition and Dairy Studies (CNDS), IGMPI has designed the programme with a strong practical orientation focused on real-life case studies and field applications, preparing learners for roles as dairy nutritionists, feed consultants, and researchers in dairy institutions and agribusiness.

The programme aims to address the nutritional challenges in dairy production, ensure safe and efficient feeding practices, and develop expertise in ration formulation for optimal milk yield, reproduction, and health.

Certified Study Resources

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Module 1: Dairy Nutrition Science

Module 2: Properties of milk

Module 3: Dairy Macronutrients composition

Module 4: Dairy Micronutrients composition

Module 5: Fermented Dairy Products and Probiotic Nutrition

Module 6: Dairy Nutrition Across the Life Cycle

Module 7: Dairy Nutrition in Health and Disease

Module 8: Processing and quality parameters of milk

Module 9: Dairy packaging and labeling

Module 10: Supply Chain Technology for Dairy Industry and its latest trends 

Eligibility

Graduates in any discipline are eligible for our Post Graduate Diploma, Executive Diploma and Professional Certifications Programmes. 10+2 pass-outs are eligible for our Under Graduate Diploma and Diploma holders of two to three years course duration are also eligible for the PG Diploma.

Programme Duration

The minimum duration to complete the Professional Certification programme is 6 months and maximum is 12 months.

Programme Mode

Registration is currently open for Part-time (Online Live Classes) mode.

Programme Deliverables

A comprehensive study material for all the modules in hard copies ensuring the needs of the audience. The accompanying training material is appropriately aligned with the current Industry’s expectations.

• Interactive or online live sessions on all key areas of the programme giving all flexibility to the participants.
• Online Live Classes/Part-time for all the modules will be conducted on the weekends. Moreover, a doubt clearing session will also be scheduled before the examination.
• All the efforts are made by IGMPI faculty members to make the entire programme modules easily understandable.
• Assessment and evaluation for all the programme modules in order to enhance the levels of competencies and skills of the participants leading towards the objective of application in the job.
• At the end of each programme modules, the trainers shall obtain feedback from the participants using specially designed questionnaires.
• All learning and training delivery initiatives shall be conducted in English.

Assessment & Certification

All the participants are expected to appear for online assessment. After successfully qualifying the examination, the participants will be awarded Professional Certification in Dairy Nutrition by Centre for Nutrition and Dietetics Studies (CNDS), IGMPI. For all the above mentioned elaborate study resources, assessment test papers and case studies would be provided by the Institute from time to time. Details get updated on the website as well. The certification will be awarded after the required levels of knowledge, skills, professionalism and attitude are assessed through the IGMPI assessment process.

Discipline in Classes and Examination

Every student is required to observe a disciplined behaviour during her/his classes, assessments & examinations and to follow instructions from the Professors. Any act of indiscipline may result into discredit & it will be mentioned in her/his academic report.

Placement Assistance & Corporate Relations

For the Post Graduate Diploma and Undergraduate Diploma Programmes, we will provide placement assistance after the completion of the programme. The Institute has partnered with many organizations for providing placement assistance to its students. The robust placement cell comprises senior level Human Resources professionals and Talent Acquisition experts which maintains close links with business and industry. The efforts of our placement cell also include helping with professional resume writing, interview skills & conducting mock interviews etc.

In recent months the Institute has witnessed more and more participation from professionals working with global healthcare like , Jhpiego, SELCO Foundation, TATA Foundation, Samarthan NGO, PSI, UNICEF, WHO, HCL Foundation, IPE Global, Optum, PATH, AIIMS, Action against Hunger, Ekta Shakti Foundation, Seva Foundation, India HIV-AIDS Alliance, HLFPPT, Deepak Foundation, Novartis, LalPath Labs Ltd., Fortis Healthcare Ltd., HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd., Indraprastha Medical Corporation Ltd., Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd., Piramal Enterprises Ltd., Wockhardt Ltd., Cactus Communications, Public Health Foundations of India, Cytel, Religare Health Insurance Company Ltd., Deloitte, DuPont Sustainable Solutions, Bain & Company, Alvarez & Marsal, McKinsey & Company, etc. The IGMPI’s Corporate Resource Division actively recommends our students and training participants for various job requirements and specialized roles to Human Resource, Talent Acquisition as well as the heads of various departments in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare industries on regular basis.

Future career prospects

The Professional Certificate in Dairy Nutrition offered by Centre for Nutrition and Dietetics Studies (CNDS), IGMPI prepares participants for a variety of industry roles. Graduates can pursue careers as Dairy Nutritionists, Feed Consultants, Quality Control Officers, Animal Nutrition Specialists in agribusiness firms, Research Assistants, Extension Officers, Nutrition Officers in government and non-government organizations, and consultants in dairy production and allied industries.

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Last date for submitting completed Application Form: 20^th Aug 2026.

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