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PrefaceNational Dairy Research Instituteas the premier Dairy ResearchInstitution is marching ahead withits research, teaching and extensionactivities with the sole aim ofaugmenting dairy development in thecountry. Being the National Institute,it continues to conduct basic andapplied research with the objective toenhance animal productivity and alsoto develop cost effective technologiesfor the benefit of the consumers,the industry and the farmers. TheInstitute, having the status of DeemedUniversity, is contributing significantlyto the Human Resource Developmentthrough its Undergraduate andPost-graduate teaching /trainingprogrammes. Looking at the presentmonumental set-up of the NationalDairy Research Institute, the PremierInstitution of Dairying in Asia, onejust cannot dispense with the historicalway of looking at its pristine grandeur.The foundation stone of the edifice ofNational Dairy Research Institute waslaid with the establishment of ImperialInstitute for Animal Husbandry& Dairying at Bangalore on July 1,1923. The Institute at its early stage atBangalore was established primarily asa centre for Dairy Education. A twoyeartraining course for the award ofIndian Diploma in Dairying (IDD)was started at the Institute and laterseveral other courses were added. In1936, it was expanded and renamed asImperial Dairy Institute.The most important event in thehistory of the Imperial Institute forAnimal Husbandry & Dairying wasthe training imparted to MahatmaGandhi and Pandit Madan MohanMalviya in 1927. They came to theInstitute for study training and to getacquainted with modern methodsof cattle management. Both ofthem spent two weeks discussingand learning the technicalities andcomplexities of problems pertaining tocows and buffaloes in India. Gandhijiwas highly appreciative of the mostproductive crossbred cow ‘Jill’ of theinstitute. He held several discussionson the problems of Pinjrapoles, whichhoused low producing, mostly sterilecows and other dairy stock mainlyon humanitarian grounds. MahatmaGandhi evinced great interest in thework of the Institute and wrote severalarticles in `Young India’ and `Harijan’on the importance of dairying andscientific cattle management. Gandhiji’sThe present publicationhighlights some of the significantachievements of the Institutein the areas of Dairy Research,Education, Extension andInfrastructure developmentduring the last five years i.e. fromthe year 2007-2012.