Background
Kurien, Verghese was born on November 26, 1921 in Calicut, Kerala, India.
(Architect of 'Operation Flood', the largest dairy develop...)
Architect of 'Operation Flood', the largest dairy development programme in the world, Dr Verghese Kurien has enabled India to become the largest milk producer in the world. A man with a rare vision, Dr Kurien has devoted a lifetime to realising his dream - empowering the farmers of India. He has engineered the milk cooperative movement in India. It was a sheer quirk of fate that landed him in Anand where a small group of farmers were forming a cooperative, Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited (better known as Amul), to sell their milk. Intrigued by the integrity and commitment of their leader Tribhuvandas Patel, Dr Kurien joined them. Since then there has been no looking back. The 'Anand pattern of cooperatives' was so successful that, at the request of the Government of India, he set up the National Dairy Development Board to replicate it across India. He also established the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation to market its products. In these memoirs, Dr Verghese Kurien, popularly known as the 'father of the white revolution', recounts, with customary candour, the story of his life and how he shaped the dairy industry. Profoundly inspiring, these memoirs help us comprehend the magnitude of his contributions and his multifaceted personality. 'I have often claimed that I have had but one good idea in my life: true development is the development of women and men. This idea took such a hold of me that I remained in this small, sleepy town of Anand for over fifty years as an employee of farmers. I was never able to give this up for what many call "a better life". These years have, without an iota of doubt, been the most rewarding years of my life. Over the years I have spoken ceaselessly of this idea, hoping to enthuse young women and men to adopt my passion as theirs. I have been fortunate that there have been many who took up the challenge.'
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(Collection of speeches in chronological order of the chai...)
Collection of speeches in chronological order of the chairman of the National Dairy Development Board of India.
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Kurien, Verghese was born on November 26, 1921 in Calicut, Kerala, India.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Loyola College, Madras, 1940. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with honors, University Madras, 1944. Special studies in engineering, Tata Steel Technical Institute, Jamshedpur, 1946.
Specialized training in dairy engineering, National Dairy Research institute, Bangalore. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (with distinction) with specialization in dairy engineering, Michigan State University, 1948. Doctor of Science (honorary), Michigan State.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Acadia, Canada. Doctor of Science (honorary), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 2006. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Glasgow.
D of Public Service (honorary), University New England, Australia. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University.
Dairy engineer Government Research Creamery, Anand, 1949. Manager Karia District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Ltd. KDCMPUL, now AMUL(Anand Milk Union Ltd.)), 1949, volunteered time to Chairman Tribhuvandas Patel to set-up processing plant.
Founder National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), 1965, chairman, 1965—1998. Founder, chairman AMUL (Anand Milk Union Ltd.), 1973—2006, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), 1973—2006. Chairman Institute Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), 1979—2006.
Chancellor Allahabad University, since 2006. Indian delegate International Dairy Congresses, Rome, 1956, Copenhagen, 62. Chairman National Cooperative Dairy Federation, Amul Relief Trust.
Vice president International Dairy Federation, 1991. Trustee Sabarmati Ashram Goshala (Screen Actors Guild). Member, Dairy Science and Dairy Education Government India.
Nominee Industrial Finance Corporation India. Director Tensile Steel, Baroda, Air Control and Refrigeration, Ahmedabad. Board member Gujarat State Electricity.
Achievements include being known as the Father of the White Revolution and as the Milkman of India. Attributed to the architecting of Operation Flood, the largest dairy developmental program in the world. Established the Anand Model of cooperative dairy development.
Made India the largest milk producer in the world.
(Architect of 'Operation Flood', the largest dairy develop...)
(Collection of speeches in chronological order of the chai...)
Author: An Unfinished Dream, 1997, I Too Had a Dream (As told by Gouri Salvi), 2005.
Chairman Tribhuvandas Foundation, 1982—2006, Viksit Bharat Foundation. Regional judge committee member Samsung DigitAllhope, 2003. Vice-chairman Foundation on Films on India's War of Independence.
Married Susan Molly in 1953.
