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Dr. Verghese Kurein

Dr. Verghese Kurien was an Indian social entrepreneur known as the "Father of the White Revolution". He was born in 1921 in Kerala and passed away in 2012. He received his engineering and dairy engineering education in India and the US. Kurien helped establish the dairy cooperative movement and organizations in India like the National Dairy Development Board, which helped transform India from a milk-deficient nation to the world's largest milk producer through programs like Operation Flood. He received many national and international honors for his contributions to the dairy industry and rural development.

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Dr. Verghese Kurein

Dr. Verghese Kurien was an Indian social entrepreneur known as the "Father of the White Revolution". He was born in 1921 in Kerala and passed away in 2012. He received his engineering and dairy engineering education in India and the US. Kurien helped establish the dairy cooperative movement and organizations in India like the National Dairy Development Board, which helped transform India from a milk-deficient nation to the world's largest milk producer through programs like Operation Flood. He received many national and international honors for his contributions to the dairy industry and rural development.

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DR.

Verghese kurein
BORN – 26 Nov 1921 in Khozikode, Kerala

DIED – 9 Sep 2012 (91 years old)

FATHER – Puthen Parakkal Kurein

WIFE – Molly Kurein

DAUGHTER – Nirmala Kurein

GRANDSON – Siddarth Kurein

EDUCATION –

 Graduated in science from Loyola College in 1940.


 Hisdegree in Engineering from the Guindy College of
Engineering in Chennai.
 Graduate Apperentice at TISCO technical Institute,
Jamshedpur
 Obtained Govt. of India’s scholarship to study Dairy
Engineering.
 Training at Imperial Institute of Animal Husbandry and
Dairying, Bangalore.
 Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering with Dairy
Engineering as a minor subject at Michigan State University,
United States in 1948.

CAREER –

 Assigned to a Government Creamery located at Anand,


Gujarat.
 Arrived on Anand on Friday, the 13th May 1949. At the end
of 1949, he got release order from his job. But Shri
Trivuvandas Patel (Chairman of Kaira District Co-operative
Milk Producers Unit) requested him to stay with him for
more time.

SUCCESS –

 Milkman of India
 Father of the White Revolution (1970)
 Architect of White Revolution
 Founder Architect of NDDB (National Dairy Development
Board) from 1965 to 1998
 Founder Architect of GCMMF (Gujarat Co-operative Milk
Marketing Federation) from 1973 to 2006………. (Established
in 1973)
 Founder Architect of IRMA (Institution of Rural
Management) from 1979 to 2006………(Established in 1970
at Anand)

ORGANISED –

 Cooperative Movement
 Operation Flood “Billion litre idea” – India’s largest rural
employment programme.

DAIRY DEVELOPMENT –

 First Dairy Cooperative Union in Gujarat was formed in


1946.
 Member Societies – 18,600
 Members – 3.6 million members pour milk every day (twice
a day)
 Milk Procurement has increased from 20 million metric tons
per year in 60s to 122 million metric tons in 2011 and to 155.5
million metric tons in 2019.

ACHIEVEMENTS –

 Padma Vibhusan (1999)


 World Food Prize (1989)
 Padma Bhusan (1966)
 Padma Shri (1965)
 Ramon Magsaysay (1964)
 Wateler World Peace Prize – from U.S.
 International Person of the Year – from U.S.

OPERATION FLOOD (13 Jan 1970) -

 Through an investment of Rs. 1700 crores spread across 25


years, Operation Flood helped to raise India’s milk
production in value terms to Rs. 55000 crores per annum an
output ratio unmatched by any other development
programme in the world. Operation Flood has emerged as
India’s largest rural employment programme.

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