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Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 – 9 September 2012) was an Indian dairy engineer and social entrepreneur who led initiatives that contributed to the extensive increase in milk production termed the White Revolution.
Biography. Dr. Verghese Kurien was born on November 26, 1921 to an affluent Syrian Christian family in Calicut (now Kozhikode), Kerala. His father Puthenparakkal Kurien was a civil surgeon in British Cochin and his mother was a highly educated woman as well an exceptional piano player.
Verghese Kurien, the "Father of the White Revolution," transformed India's dairy industry, making India the largest milk producing country in the world. His "Operation Flood" organized 86,000 farmer-owned cooperatives to produce, process, and market milk for India's rural and urban areas, providing nearly 250 million people with enhanced ...
May 9, 2024 · Verghese Kurien was an Indian engineer and entrepreneur who was regarded as the architect of India’s “white revolution,” which transformed the country from an importer of dairy products to the world’s largest milk producer through a system of farmer cooperatives.
the legend, Dr. Verghese Kurien as National Milk Day We offer our tribute. To the Father of White Revolution. To the young man who shunned the glitter of a life abroad. To the patriot who was determined to transform a country. To the good Samaritan who changed millions of lives.
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.
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 poverty...
