31/10/2021
MILK MAN OF INDIA (AMUL FOUNDER)
Know why Dr. Verghese kurien is father of white Revolution and Milk man of India and reason why India is highest milk producer in the world ..
Dr. Verghese kurien
Born
26 November 1921
Calicut, Madras Presidency, British India (now Kozhikode, Kerala, India)
Died
9 September 2012 (aged 90)
Nadiad, Gujarat, India
Other names
Father of the White Revolution of India[1]
Milkman of India
Alma mater
University of Madras
Michigan State University
Occupation
General Manager and later chairman, AMUL, Chairman – NDDB (National Dairy Development Board) and IRMA (Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Bombay province (later Bombay state and now in Gujarat, India))
Awards
World Food Prize (1989)
Order of Agricultural Merit (1997)
Padma Vibhushan (1999)
Padma Bhushan (1966)
Padma Shri (1965)
Ramon Magsaysay Award (1964)