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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.
Dr. Verghese Kurien, the Father of the White Revolution, passed away in the early hours of today, after a brief illness. He was 91 years old. He is survived by his wife, Molly Kurien, daughter Nirmala and grandson, Siddharth.
Sep 6, 2024 · The Indian engineer Verghese Kurien (1921–2012) was the architect of India’s “white revolution,” which made India the world’s largest milk producer.
Dr. Verghese Kurien was the Founder Chairman of National Dairy Development Board from 1965 to 1998. He is the architect of India’s White Revolution, which helped India emerge as the largest milk producer in the world.
Who was Verghese Kurien and what did he do? In the late 1940s, after Independence, India was largely a milk deficient country where people survived on imports from abroad. That is before a man...
Sep 11, 2012 · Verghese Kurien, an engineer who led India’s so-called White Revolution, in which he helped thousands of dairy farmers create cooperatives to produce and market milk, reducing hunger and...
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Born on November 26, 1921 to a civil surgeon in Kozhikode, Kerala, Kurien attended the Loyola College, Chennai, and graduated in Physics in 1940 before joining the College of Engineering,...
