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Kurien
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Architect of "Operation Flood", the largest dairy development program in the world, Dr. Verghese Kurien has enabled India to become the largest milk producer in the world. A man with a rare vision, Dr. Kurien has devoted a lifetime to realizing his dream - empowering the farmers of India. He has engineered the milk cooperative movement in India. It was a sheer quirk of fate that landed him in Anand, where a small group of farmers were forming a cooperative, Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited (better known as Amul), to sell their milk.
Intrigued by the integrity and commitment of their leader, Tribhuvandas Patel, Dr. Kurien joined them. Since then there has been no looking back. The "Anand pattern of cooperatives" were so successful that, at the request of the Government of India, he set up the National Dairy Development Board to replicate it across India. He also established the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation to market its products. In these memoirs, Dr. Verghese Kurien, popularly known as the "father of the white revolution", recounts, with customary candor, the story of his life and how he shaped the dairy industry. Profoundly inspiring, these memoirs help up comprehend the magnitude of his contributions and his multifaceted personality.
Born in Calicut, Kerala, Dr. Verghese Kurien graduated in science and engineering from Madras University and Michigan State University, US, respectively. He began his career in dairying at the government's creamery in Anand, Gujarat, later joining the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited (now Amul). As chairman of the National Dairy Development Board, he implemented "Operation Flood". He has received countless awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1963), Wateler Peace Prize (1986), World Food Prize (1989) Padma Shri (1965), Padma Bhushan (1966) and Padma Vibhushan (1999). Dr. Kurien is currently chairman of the Institute of Rural Management, Anand; chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation; and chairman of the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India.
Gouri Salvi is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist. She has worked with Onlooker and Sunday magazines and with the Women's Feature Service. She has written on development and gender issues, has co-edited Beijing!, a book on the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women, and edited Development Retold: Voices from the Field, a book on the Indian Cooperative Union.
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- Udaykiran Joshi
- 16-10-23
Inspiring!
Inspiring story of Dr Kurien and AMUL! Enjoyed listening to it. The diary industry would have been totally different without Dr Kurien for sure.
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- sriharsha
- 30-10-23
very inspiring book
glass to learn about one of the success stories of india. It's good to see what changes a group can bring when everyone undermines the strengths of democracy.
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- Sidh299
- 25-01-25
Amul Story from its “Father”
It was great to listen to Mr Kurien’s journey in establishing Amul and NDDB. The story of Operation Flood is something that all us Indians are proud of.
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- 07-01-24
One man’s dream for millions*- (millions of farmers….)
Wonderful to learn about AMUL - for someone to whom AMUL meant the catchy advertisements - this book helped look beyond the catch phrases into the vision that shaped AMUL and that too from one of the chief architects himself …
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- B K URMALIYA
- 31-03-25
Cooperative Success
The detailed analysis of the business meant for the development of common people. Any organisation can not success unless it is owned by the people to whom the business is setup.
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- B.S.R.Nanda Kishore
- 23-03-22
Smooth, insightful and inspiring.
The biography of Dr. Kurien is a must read for those wanting to understand co-operative model of nation building. Book dives through the challenges of dealing with the Indian bureaucracy and costs of getting in rough with highly placed people.
Dr. Kurien is an inspiration, and this book successfully instills that sense in the reader/listner.
The narration is very Indian, and pleasing to listen.
The book being a biography is biased towards Dr. Kurien's take on issues, nonetheless it offers rare insights into the Indian system.
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- sudheer vaidya
- 31-08-22
dedicated life worth emulating
to build a industry ,a institution and to lead a country from import dependant to world leader in dairy requires a dedicated passionate personality and as a country we are blessed to have Dr.kurien who successfully saw this happen. hearing this book gives a idea of how systems work in India and to steer yourself through this chaos requires iron willed personalities with great integrity. Dr.kurien's life is full of challenges even at the last stages and his determination to take them head on is a example and a ideal for the new generation. I bow my head to his life,his work ,his passion and pray that India has a Dr.kurien in every Indian so that we can lead the world in every field and bring justice and equality to all those living on this planet.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-11-24
Varghese Sir story against beuracrats
should have been in more detailed about AMUL. felt that the story was incomplete
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- Aneesh Sharma
- 10-12-23
Milk Man of India
I too had a dream is a greatest story of lifetime of Dr Vergese Kurien. A common man who changed the fortune of many Indians. It's the story of AMUL the biggest brand and an epitome of Operation Flood.
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- Rohan
- 23-10-24
life lessons spoken in the most entertaining manner -an era of true heroes and larger than life villainous circumstances.
inability to rewind to a particular spot,share quotations live to make it more user-friendly.Suggest a small help/ tutorial.
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