The Director of Dairy Development is the Head of the Department with Headquarters at Pattom, Trivandrum. The District offices are headed by the Deputy Directors of Dairy Development. The cutting edge level of the department is the Dairy Extension Service Unit (DESU), functioning under a Dairy Extension Officer (DEO) at Block level. The District Milk Quality Control Unit headed by an Assistant Director of Dairy Development i.e. Quality Control Officer(QCO) is attached to the respective district office. There are five Dairy Training Centres of the Department viz at Trivandrum, Oachira, Kottayam, Alathur and Kozhikode each headed by a Deputy Director of Dairy Development/Principal. The Sewage farm at Valiathura, Trivandrum functions under a Deputy Director of Dairy Development/ Superintendent.