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- Verghese_Kurien abstract "Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 – 9 September 2012) was a renowned Indian social entrepreneur and is best known as the "Father of the White Revolution", for his 'billion-litre idea' (Operation Flood) — the world's biggest agricultural development programme. The operation took India from being a milk-deficient nation, to the largest milk producer in the world, surpassing the United States of America in 1998, with about 17 percent of global output in 2010–11, which in 30 years doubled the milk available to every person. Dairy farming became India’s largest self-sustaining industry. He made the country self-sufficient in edible oils too later on, taking head-on the powerful and entrenched oil supplying lobby.He founded around 30 institutions of excellence (like AMUL, GCMMF, IRMA, NDDB) which are owned, managed by farmers and run by professionals. As the founding chairman of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), Kurien was responsible for the creation and success of the Amul brand of dairy products. A key achievement at Amul was the invention of milk powder processed from buffalo milk (abundant in India), as opposed to that made from cow-milk, in the then major milk producing nations. His achievements with the Amul dairy led Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri to appoint him as the founder-chairman of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1965, to replicate Amul's "Anand model" nationwide.One of the greatest proponents of the cooperative movement in the world, his work has alleviated millions out of poverty not only in India but also outside. Hailed as the "Milkman of India", Kurien won several awards including the Padma Vibhushan (India's second-highest civilian honour), the World Food Prize and the Magsaysay Award for community leadership.".
- Verghese_Kurien alias ""Milkman of India"".
- Verghese_Kurien almaMater Michigan_State_University.
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- Verghese_Kurien birthDate "1921-11-26".
- Verghese_Kurien birthPlace Kerala.
- Verghese_Kurien birthPlace Kozhikode.
- Verghese_Kurien birthPlace Madras_Presidency.
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- Verghese_Kurien birthYear "1921".
- Verghese_Kurien deathDate "2012-09-09".
- Verghese_Kurien deathPlace Gujarat.
- Verghese_Kurien deathPlace India.
- Verghese_Kurien deathPlace Nadiad.
- Verghese_Kurien deathYear "2012".
- Verghese_Kurien ethnicity Malayali.
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- Verghese_Kurien knownFor Operation_Flood.
- Verghese_Kurien nationality India.
- Verghese_Kurien occupation Amul.
- Verghese_Kurien occupation Institute_of_Rural_Management_Anand.
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- Verghese_Kurien religion Atheism.
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- Verghese_Kurien birthDate "1921-11-26".
- Verghese_Kurien birthPlace Kozhikode.
- Verghese_Kurien birthPlace Madras_Presidency.
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- Verghese_Kurien children "Nirmala Kurien".
- Verghese_Kurien dateOfBirth "1921-11-26".
- Verghese_Kurien dateOfDeath "2012-09-09".
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- Verghese_Kurien deathPlace "Nadiad, Gujarat, India".
- Verghese_Kurien ethnicity Malayali.
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- Verghese_Kurien knownFor "Widely acclaimed as the "Father of the White revolution" in India".
- Verghese_Kurien name "Kurien, Verghese".
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- Verghese_Kurien nationality "Indian".
- Verghese_Kurien occupation "Founder of Amul - Ex-Chairman GCMMF, NDDB, Institute of Rural Management Anand".
- Verghese_Kurien otherNames ""Milkman of India"".
- Verghese_Kurien placeOfBirth Kozhikode.
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- Verghese_Kurien placeOfDeath "Nadiad, Gujarat, India".
- Verghese_Kurien religion "None".
- Verghese_Kurien shortDescription "Founder of dairy-cooperative Amul".
- Verghese_Kurien spouse "Molly".
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