Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to showcase before you the 24th
Annual Report for the financial year 2021-22.
During documenting my statement last year,
I did not presume that we would have to still
deal with the aftermath of the pandemic, in
the way we are in the state at present. The
impacts of Covid-19 continued to be felt in
all the corners of the globe. The painstaking
effort and the diligent work of our colleagues
during such critical period has been quite
commendable. Our sympathy is with those
who have suffered critically and/or personally
with the ill-effects of the pandemic – directly
by having contracted such illness or indirectly
in caring for, or in still worse situation in losing
their loved ones. The safety and well-being of
our staff remained our top priority
When I appraise of the activities carried out
at Vidya Dairy during such strenuous period
during the financial year 2021-22, I am pleased to
proclaim that the performance of Vidya Dairy
has been ‘Outstanding’, in line with its mandate.
We are well aware of the fact that effective dairy
development depends upon our concerted
endeavor towards the education, research,
extension and training. The professionally
competent and committed group manages
Vidya Dairy, which has led to achievement
of unique status, at all the spheres. These
spheres includes TQM activity to inculcate
the implications of Quality, Productivity and
Sensitivity towards the efficient usage of
energy, taking into cognizance the eco-friendly
environment and putting thrust on newer
production technologies among the 4th year
B.Tech. (Dairy Technology) students of SMC
College of Dairy Science, Anand. During the
year 2021-22 we initiated offline ‘Hands-on’
versatile training on Dairy Management from
July, 2021, imparted to 64 students in areas such
as Production, Quality, Maintenance, Finance,
Marketing, etc.
"I am pleased to proclaim that the performance of Vidya Dairy has been
‘Outstanding’. During the year 2021-22 we initiated offline ‘Hands-on’
versatile training on Dairy Management from July, 2021, imparted to
64 students in areas such as Production, Quality, Maintenance, Finance,
Marketing, etc.".
In the year 2021-22, Vidya Dairy had
achieved 23.58% growth in Turnover
of INR `293.50 crores; the throughput
and capital addition during the year
was 1,70,170 L/day (i.e. 25.09%) and INR
`6.87 crores respectively. The growth
noted in cheese, ice cream and dahi
production during such financial year
were 49.82% (i.e. 2108 tonnes), 41.61%
(i.e. 4,557 kL) and 15.90% (i.e. 2,471
tonnes) respectively
Vidya Dairy had developed new
novel varieties of ice cream such as
‘IsabgoolKajuAnjir’, ‘Salted Caramel’
and ‘Kulfi-E-Khaas’. The commercial
production of one such developed
frozen delicacy viz., ‘Kulfi-E-Khaas’ has
commenced since October, 2021
Vidya Dairy had received plethora
of Awards this year too; these are
listed below. I appreciate the efforts
put forth by Vidya Dairy team and
congratulate them for achieving such
laurels and wish that they continue
with such winning spree.
1. “Prestigious National Safety
Award” for the performance
year 2018 by the Regional Labour
Institute, Ministry of Labour and
Employment, Govt. of India.
2. Received Plaque Shield and
Certificate for ‘Excellence in
Financial Reporting for the financial
year 2020-21” under the category
‘Not-for-profit-sector’.
3. “Gujarat Quality Leadership Award”
by World HRD Congress and Star
of the Industry Group.
4. 1st Runner Up in “All India Kaizen
Competition” organized by Baroda
Productivity Council, Vadodara.
5. “Covid Warrior” honour conferred
upon by Indian Dairy Association
(West zone) to Shri Harshad Oza,
Executive (Q.A.) for his contribution
towards elimination and prevention
of infectious Covid-19 Virus
I am delighted to note that Vidya
Dairy took an initiative to offer
training programmes, considering the
scenario and requirements of the dairy
industry during the year 2021-22. Vidya
Dairy offered 23 short term training
programmes and successfully trained
515 candidates. So far, Vidya Dairy had
conducted 595 short term training
programmes and have trained 11,475
personnel of Dairy Industry, hailing
from India and abroad.
I am highly thankful to the entire team
of Vidya Dairy, the Students, the AAU
faculty members and notably to the
premier Institutions such as NDDB,
GCMMF, AMUL and others for their
unstinted support and cooperation
in the growth of Vidya Dairy, further
strengthening the same.
I sincerely thank the Board of Directors
for their guidance and to all my
colleagues of Vidya Dairy for their
whole-hearted cooperation. I heartily
congratulate all my colleagues for their
concerted hard work and contribution
which has paved way to the notable
performance Vidya dairy has been
able to achieve.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Atanu Jana