The Government of Maharashtra, in 1992, sanctioned and established The College of Dairy Technology at Warud (Pusad), Dist. Yavatmal under the Jurisdiction of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, with an initial intake capacity of 32 students, to be thereafter increased to 64 on the development of infrastructure facilities.

The course curriculum modified by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi (ICAR) is adopted for B.Tech (Dairy Technology) degree course, which is spread over eight semesters (4 Years) including 4 months intensive training in Dairy Plant Operations and 1 month in food processing units.

The admission is open to the candidates who complete the HSC (Science) Examination in 10 + 2 pattern with Mathematics. Admission is given as per the State Government and ICAR rules. On the establishment of Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur in December, 2000, this college became its Constituent college under the Faculty of Dairy Technology.