01 / The overview
A life of meaningful work.
Verghese Kurien applied engineering and professional management to farmer-owned dairy cooperatives. His work in Anand and leadership of the National Dairy Development Board helped shape Operation Flood and India’s White Revolution.
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Highlights from the record.
Engineering foundations
Trained in engineering in Chennai and completed postgraduate study in mechanical engineering with dairy engineering at Michigan State University.
Read original source : Amul Dairy — Dr. Verghese KurienOperation Flood
Designed a dairy development programme centred on producer cooperatives and their connection to milk markets.
Read original source : National Dairy Development Board — Dr. Verghese KurienNational Dairy Development Board
Served as NDDB’s founding chairman from 1965 to 1998, building institutions that supported dairy producers.
Read original source : National Dairy Development Board — Dr. Verghese Kurien
03 / Further reading
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