Let us remember "Father of the White Revolution of India"
Verghese Kurien -fondly remembered as milkman of India
| Born | 26 November 1921 Calicut, Madras Presidency, British India (now Kozhikode, Kerala) |
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| Died | 9 September 2012 (aged 90) Nadiad, Gujarat, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | "Milkman of India" |
| Alma mater | Loyola College College of Engineering, Guindy Michigan State University |
| Occupation | Founder of Amul(Anand Milk Federation Union Limited) Ex-Chairman, NDDB and Institute of Rural Management Anand |
| Known for | Widely acclaimed as the "Father of the White revolution" in India[1] |
| Awards | World Food Prize (1989) Padma Vibhushan (1999) Padma Bhushan (1966) Padma Shri (1965) Ramon Magsaysay Award (1963) |
Thanks for Excerpts from Wikipedia, encyclopedia
Every year 26 November is being observed as National Milk
Day (NMD) to mark birth anniversary Father of the White Revolution Dr.Verghese
Kurien.
Dr. V. Kurien, Chairman
of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), who ushered in the White
Revolution.
Kurien was a man of substance, an institution builder.
Their movement was
amulya (priceless), which was rapidly abbreviated to Amul to break down as
Anand Milk Union Ltd. Kurien's master class was that he realised quickly that
collectivism was the way forward, but in order to achieve the goal, it was
imperative that disintermediation take place at ground zero.
By removing the middle
man and empowering the farmers and their wives, he set about aggregating what
turned out to be enormous milk assets. From disparate sources, he formed what
has arguably become one of the most successful management case studies of
cooperativism.
By enlarging the scope
of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation to a nationwide programme
through National Dairy Development Board's Operation Flood, Kurien single
handedly turned India into the world's largest milk producer.
Kurien did not know defeat, nor did he ever retreat.
A blatant swadeshi at
heart, he had not time for Multinational Corporations, he believed that India
could be self sufficient and self reliant in milk and milk products. His nervous
energy and unending reservoir of zeal to make Anand, Gujarat and India the
first among equals was overwhelming.
He transformed India from a milk-deficient nation to the world's largest milk producer, surpassing the United States of America in 1998
Guided at different times by Sri Tribhuvandas Patel, Pandit Nehru and
Shastriji,
that he would like to
stay amongst his farm brethren and not amongst bureaucrats.
When Shyam Benegal
decided to document the Amul story for posterity, Kurien collected funds from
the same farmers on whom the movie was being made.
The film Manthan (the churning of the 'milk ocean'),was
part of the cooperative funded by the cooperative and for the cooperative.Each co-op society farmer comtributed Rs 2 per head.
Truckloads of farmers came to see "their" film, making it a success at the box office. Manthan hit a chord with the audience immediately when it was shown in Gujarat in 1976, which impressed distributors to release it before audiences, nationwide.
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