Dr Verghese Kurien

Dr. Verghese Kurien (born November 26, 1921) is called the father of the White Revolution in India. He is also known as the Milkman of India. Image File history File links Dr_v_kurien. ... Image File history File links Dr_v_kurien. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Operation Flood was the name of rural development programme started by by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), India in 1970. ...

He was the chairman of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(GCMMF). GCMMF is an apex cooperative organization that manages the Amul food brand. He is recognised as the man behind the success of the Amul brand. Amul, formed in 1946, is a dairy cooperative movement in India. ... Amul, formed in 1946, is a dairy cooperative movement in India. ... Amul, formed in 1946, is a dairy cooperative movement in India. ...

He is credited with architecting Operation Flood -- the largest dairy development program in the world. Dr. Kurien, set up the Anand model of cooperative dairy development, engineered the White Revolution in India, and made India the largest milk producer in the world. Operation Flood was the name of rural development programme started by by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), India in 1970. ... Dairy farm near Oxford, New York A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk (mostly from cows, sometimes from buffalo, sheep or goats) and other farm animals, for human consumption. ... A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) is an association of persons who join together to carry on an economic activity of mutual benefit. ... The White Revolution was a far-reaching series of reform programs launched in 1963 by the last Shah of Iran, His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. ... A glass of cows milk Milk most often means the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. ...

Education

Dr. Kurien graduated with Physics from Loyola College, Madras in 1940 and then did B.E. (Mech) from the University of Madras. After passing out of the University, he joined the Tata Steel Technical Institute, Jamshedpur from where he graduated in 1946. He then went to USA on a government scholarship to earn his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (with distinction) from Michigan State University. A Superconductor demonstrating the Meissner Effect Physics (from the Greek, φυσικός (physikos), natural, and φύσις (physis), nature) is the science of the natural world dealing with the fundamental constituents of the universe, the forces they exert on one another, and the results produced by these forces. ... Loyola University, Loyola College, Loyola School, and Loyola Academy Several educational institutions carry the name of Loyola, in honor of St. ... Madras refers to: the Indian city of Chennai, formerly known as Madras, the former Indian state, now known as Tamil Nadu (Plural of Madra): Ancient people of Iranian affinites, who lived in northwest Panjab in the Uttarapatha division of ancient India. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... The University of Madras is one of the three oldest universities in India (along with Bombay and Calcutta). ... Bold textEnvisioned by Jamshetji Tata and established in 1907, Tata Steel (formerly TISCO - Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited) is Asias first and Indias largest integrated private sector steel company. ... A city founded by the late Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata, Jamsehdpur (जमशेदपूर in Devanagari), India, then known as Sakchi was home to the first private Iron and Steel company of India. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... The W16 engine from a Bugatti Veyron Mechanical engineering is a very broad field of engineering that involves the application of physical principles for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. ... Michigan State University (MSU) is a public university in East Lansing, Michigan. ...

Career

When he came back to India, he was posted as a dairy engineer at the government creamery, Anand, in May 1949. Around the same time, the infant cooperative dairy, Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited (KDCMPUL), -- now famous as Amul -- was fighting a battle with the Polson Dairy, which was privately owned. Young Kurien, fed up with being at the government creamery, which held no challenge, volunteered to help Shri Tribhuvandas Patel, the Chairman of KDCMPUL, to set up a processing plant. This marked the birth of AMUL. 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Amul, formed in 1946, is a dairy cooperative movement in India. ... Sri or Shri (Śrī), —pronounced halfway between sree and shree—is a Sanskrit title of veneration, a Hindu honorific stemming from the Vedic conception of prosperity (see Lakshmi below). ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ...

The White Revolution

Dr. Kurien has since then built this organization into one of the largest and most successful institutions in India. The Amul pattern of cooperatives had been so successful, in 1965, then Prime Minister of India, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, created the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) (NDDB) to replicate the program on a nationwide basis citing Dr. Kurien's "extraordinary and dynamic leadership" upon naming him chairman. Amul, formed in 1946, is a dairy cooperative movement in India. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. ... Lal Bahadur Shastri (Hindi लालबहादुर शास्त्री) (October 2, 1904 - January 11, 1966) was the second permanent Prime Minister of independent India and a significant figure in the struggle for independence. ... The National Dairy Development Board is an institution of national importance setup by an Act of Parliament of India. ...

Kurien also set up GCMMF (Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation) in 1973 to sell the products produced by the dairies. Today GCMMF sells AMUL brand products not only in India but also overseas. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ...

Dr. Kurien, plays a key role in many other organizations, ranging from chairing the Viksit Bharat Foundation, a body set up by the President of India to chairman of the Institute of Rural Management's Board of Governors in India. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Awards

For his contribution to the dairy industry, Dr. Kurien has received top awards not only in India but also overseas.

• 1963 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership
• 1965 Padma Shri
• 1966 Padma Bhushan (from president Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)
• 1986 Krishi Ratna Award (by the President of India)
• 1986 Wateler Peace Prize Award (of Carnegie Foundation )
• 1989 World Food Prize Laureate
• 1993 International Person of the Year (by the World Dairy Expo, Madison, Wisconsin, USA)
• 1999 Padma Vibhushan

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External links

• amul.com
• THE AMUL SAGA by Verghese Kurien

See Also: White Revolution of Iran The White Revolution was a far-reaching series of reform programs launched in 1963 by the last Shah of Iran, His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. ...