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Sep 9, 2012 · Dr. Verghese Kurien, the man behind India's 'White Revolution' passed away on early Sunday morning at Nadiyad following a brief illness. He was 90. Dr. Kurien was born on November 26, 1921 in Kozhikode and had graduated from Loyola College in 1940 and went on to obtain an engineering degree from Guindy College of Engineering in Chennai.
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Kurien was born on November 26, 1921, in Kozhikode, Kerala, where he attended Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School in Gobichettipalayam. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering. During his time at the Tata Steel Technical Institute, he was awarded a Fellowship from the Indian Governm...
Following that, he was required to serve a bond period as part of his Fellowship in Gujarat’s Kheda district. He seemed to dislike the work but did it for the sake of doing it. That’s when he met Tribhuvandas Patel, the founder of the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union, who showed him his vision for farmers. This collaboration result...
Manthan, a 1976 Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, is based on Dr Varghese Kurien’s cooperative movement and is set during India’s White Revolution. The script for the film was written by Kurien and Vijay Tendulkar. Around 5,00,000 farmers contributed Rs 2 each to fund this film so that people could learn about what happened during the productio...
After all of his successes, Kurien decided to write it all down in his book titled ‘I Too Had A Dream,’ which tells the story of how India became the world’s Milk Capital. You know where to go if you want to learn the entire story of how Amul came to be. Many people look up to Verghese Kurien.
Operation Flood is one of the world’s largest rural development programmes. Since its inception in 1970, Operation Flood has assisted dairy farmers in directing their own development, giving them control over the resources they generate. A National Milk Grid connects milk producers across India with consumers in over 700 towns and cities, reducing ...
2014: All major dairy groups in the country resolved to observe Kurien’s birthday, 26 November, as National Milk Day. Kurien got degrees from the Michigan State University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Kurien also got the Red & White Lifetime Achievements National Award (now known as Godfrey Phillips Bravery Award). 1999: Pad...
Kurien’s support was crucial in making the “Amul girl” ad campaign. In 2013, Amar Chitra Katha published the comic book Verghese Kurien: The Man with the Billion Litre idea. The book was given the synopsis ‘The story of Dr Kurien is the story of Amul.’
Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 – 9 September 2012) was an Indian dairy engineer and social entrepreneur. He led initiatives that contributed to the extensive increase in milk production in India termed as the White Revolution .
Sep 9, 2012 · The father of ‘white revolution’ Dr Verghese Kurien,who transformed India from a milk-deficient country to the world’s largest milk producer,passed away early today at Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital in neighbouring Nadiad,after a brief illness.
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Sep 10, 2012 · Dr Kurien, a key figure in India's transition from milk deficit 40 years ago to the world's largest milk producer, died of old age related ailments. his family said.
Nov 25, 2021 · But it was Kurien who transformed what was still an early idealistic experiment – of banding together rural producers for selling directly to consumers sans any middlemen – into a full-fledged practical vision that could be extended beyond a single district or even milk. Verghese Kurien and his wife snapped at Santacruz Airport in 1963.
Kurien passed away on September 9, 2012, at the age of 90. He was born a Christian but remained a life-long atheist, and was cremated as per his wishes, according to his daughter Nirmala...
