GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Verghese Kurien was the Founder Chairman of National Dairy Development Board from 1965 to 1998. He is the architect of India’s White Revolution, which helped India emerge as the largest milk producer in the world. In the late 60s Dr. Kurien drew up a project called Operation Flood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Padma Vibhushan Dr Verghese Kurien, ‘Father of White Revolution in India’, left for his heavenly abode on 9th September 2012 at the age of 90. Dr Kurien born at Kozhikode in Kerala on 26th November 1921, completed the Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1943 from Madras University.

Detailed explanation-3: -The revolution associated with a sharp increase in milk production in the country is called the White Revolution in India also known as Operation Flood. White revolution period intended to make India a self-dependent nation in milk production.

Detailed explanation-4: -He is credited with bringing India’s “white revolution.” The white revolution was started by Dr. Verghese Kurien, who also made India’s largest self-sustaining industry the dairy farm. On November 26, 2014, the Ministry of Animal Husbandry & Dairying observed National Milk Day in his honor.