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{{short description|Indian Dairy company}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
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'''Gyan Dairy''' is a North Indian dairy company headquartered in [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]], [[India]] and is known for the processing and distribution of [[Dairy product|dairy products]] produced in regionally located facilities. Gyan Dairy manufactures, markets and sells a full line of dairy products such as Milk, [[Lassi]], Curd, Butter, and [[Ghee]]. Its tagline "always fresh, always pure" was unveiled in 2017, along with the company's theme song 'Shuddh aur taaza, Gyan ka waada'.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20170404/281646779987333|title=Gyan Dairy unveils new logo, packaging and tagline|date=4 April 2017|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

Gyan Dairy is a privately held subsidiary of C.P. Milk and Food Products and was founded by Mr. Chandra Prakash Agarwal in 2007. Since its inception, Gyan Dairy has been led by brothers and joint managing directors, Mr. Jai Agarwal and Mr. Anuj Agarwal.<ref name="auto"/>

== History ==
In 2005,Abhay Agnhihotri, who was leading C.P. Milk and Food Products, bought over a small dairy unit along with its brand name 'Gyan'. This small dairy unit was refurbished to create Gyan Dairy, which is now the largest dairy manufacturer in Eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.agricultureinformation.com/c-p-milk-food-products-procures-milk-45000-dairy-farmers/|title=C.P. Milk & Food Products – procures milk from 100000+ dairy farmers|date=5 January 2015|website=Agriculture Information}}</ref> A subsidiary of C.P. Milk and Food Products, Gyan Dairy was founded in 2007 after a cooperative system of [[dairy farming]] was set up by the company, in the villages of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="auto1"/> Since its inception, Gyan Dairy which is headquartered in Lucknow, is being jointly managed by Mr. C.P. Agarwal's grandsons Mr. Jai Agarwal and Mr. Anuj Agarwal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20170404/281646779987333|title=Gyan dairy unveils new logo, packaging and tagline|date=4 April 2017|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

== Products ==
Gyan Dairy started with just two products on its portfolio – Gyan Skimmed Milk Powder and Gyan Desi [[Ghee]]. Gyan Dairy has since grown and now manufactures and sells 17 different milk and milk-based products,<ref name="auto" /> they are: Full Cream Milk, Fortified Milk, Creamy Milk, Cow Milk, Toned Milk, Plain Chaach, Masala Chaach, Plain Lassi, Mango Lassi, Plain Dahi, Meetha Dahi, Butter, Paneer, Ghee, and Skimmed Milk Powder.

== Farmers ==
When Gyan Dairy was founded, there was a scarcity of milk in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Before the company began manufacturing, they created a cooperative system of [[dairy farming]], starting with their home district of [[Farrukhabad]]. A team was set up for expanding their village base and Gyan Dairy has since grown significantly. The cooperative system that has been set up by Gyan Dairy, encourages farmers to take up dairy farming. Now, Gyan Diary has 2200 village level collection centers, and collects about a million [[Litre|liters]] of milk every day from 1,00,000 farmers spread across 6 [[District|districts]] in Uttar Pradesh<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/dairy-firm-gyan-to-invest-rs-200-crore-to-expand-footprint-in-up-bihar-117040300717_1.html|title=Dairy firm Gyan to invest Rs 200 crore to expand footprint in UP, Bihar|date=3 April 2017|work=Business Standard}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> and districts adjoining [[Lucknow]]. Gyan Dairy has taken a low milk productivity belt and transformed it into high milk producing one.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=Arpit|title=How U.p based GYAN DAIRY had started|url=https://startupowners.blogspot.com/2020/04/story-of-rising-farrukhabad-based-dairy.html|access-date=2021-05-23|website=STARTUP OWNERS}}</ref>{{fact|date=March 2019}}

== Achievements ==

* Gyan Dairy has received [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] 22000-2005 certified company<ref name="auto1" /> and has a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points ([[Hazard analysis and critical control points|HACCP]]) Monitoring System Certification from the [[Government of India]].
* Mr. Jai Agarwal and Mr. Anuj Agarwal, the joint managing directors of Gyan Dairy, have received the Young Indian Entrepreneur of the year awards in the year 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/entrepreneurship/abci-awards-mahashay-dharampal-of-mdh-as-indian-of-the-year/articleshow/55181071.cms|title=ABCI awards Mahashay Dharampal of MDH as Indian of the Year|date=1 November 2016|work=The Economic Times}}</ref>

== Partnerships ==
Gyan Dairy was the official dairy partner for the [[UP Yoddha]] which is UP's official kabaddi team for the VIVO [[2017 Pro Kabaddi League season|PKL]] 2017 tournament. The company also released its official campaign for the tournament, 'Ek saans mein laga dein jaan, Yoddha aur Gyan'.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/up-yoddha-announces-gyan-as-official-dairy-partner-for-pkl-117081601057_1.html|title=UP Yoddha announces Gyan as official dairy partner for PKL|date=16 August 2017|work=Business Standard}}</ref>

== References ==

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==External links==
* [https://www.gyandairy.com/ Official website]

[[Category:Dairy products companies of India]]
[[Category:Indian brands]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2007]]
[[Category:Dairy farming in India]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies of India]]
[[Category:Food processing industry in India]]

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