Department of Livestock Products Technology was established in the year 1996 and set out the following vision for itself.

"Leveraging Proficiency in Science and Technology through Innovation, Contract Research and Consultancy Services to Become Partner of Progress with Milk, Meat and Egg Industries by Active Symbiotic Interaction with Stakeholders (Industry and Producers)”

The department is engaged in teaching, research and extension related to post harvest technology aspect of animal products viz. milk processing, meat processing, poultry processing and animal by-products processing.

The department offers undergraduate courses leading to the degrees B.V.Sc and A.H, B.Tech (Food Technology) and B. Tech (Biotechnology); courses leading to Diploma in Veterinary Pharmacy; postgraduate courses leading to the degrees M.V.Sc (Livestock Products Technology) and Ph.D. (Livestock Products Technology) and part time courses of Indira Gandhi National Open University leading to Diploma in Milk Technology, Diploma in Meat Technology and Diploma in Food Safety Management.

Since inception, the department has contributed significantly in terms of generating scientific man power through under graduate and post graduate teaching, research and contributed to University extension activities and services by providing training to farmers, unemployed youth and women for self employment through value addition of livestock products; International Exchange Programme for French Diploma students and biannual farmers’ fair. In total 47 M.V.Sc. and 2 PhD students have successfully completed their degree and currently one MVSc student and one PhD student are pursuing their post graduate research. Many passed out students are employed in Pvt. Sector Meat Processing units, faculty in Veterinary Colleges and State Government Animal Husbandry Departments, State Civil Services and Public Sector Bank.

The infrastructure of the department includes meat processing laboratory, milk processing laboratory, Entrepreneurship Training Unit in value addition of meat and poultry and quality control laboratory.