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Verghese Kurien

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Nationality: Indian (India)

Known to be: White revolutionist in India; Co-founder AMUL

Born: November 26, 1921 in Calicut, Madras Presidency, British India (Now Kozhikode, Kerala)

Died: September 9, 2012, Nadiad, Gujarat, India

Award - World Food Prize (1989); Padma Vibhushan (1999); Padma Bhushan (1966); Padma Shri (1965); Ramon Magasaysay Award (1963)

Verghese Kurien was an Indian social entrepreneur, who is known as the father of White revolution in India for his operation food, the world’s largest agricultural development programme. This transformed India from a milk – deficient nation to the world’s largest milk producer.

Dr. Verghese Kurien, father of “White Revolution”, in India which helped India emerge as the largest milk producer in the world. He was the founder Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) from 1965 to 1998, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF), from 1973 to 2006 and the Institute of Rural Management (IRMA) from 1979 to 2006, his professional life has been dedicated to empowering the Indian farmers through co-operatives. Dr. Kurien has helped to lay the foundation of democratic enterprises at the grass roots. He believed that by placing technology and professional management in the hands of the farmers, the standard of living of millions of our poor people can be improved.

He graduated in Science from the Loyola College in 1940 and obtained hisdegree in Engineering from the Guindy College of Engineering in Chennai.

The Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri to appoint him the founder – chairman of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1965.

He is survived by his wife, Molly Kurien, daughter Nirmala and grandson, Siddharth. Dr. Kurien was the undisputed 'Milkman' of India.

Abha, 10+1 (Medical)

Wisdom World School

Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

 

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