GK
INDIAN ECONOMY
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MS Swaminathan
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Verghese Kurien
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Uma Kapila
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Amartya Sen
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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: -Kurien has many titles, the most common being ‘the Milkman from Anand’. He is also recognized as ‘the Father of White Revolution’. India Today recently wrote on him under the title ‘White Knight’. He was the founder-Chairman of several world class organizations like NDDB, GCMMF (Amul), IRMA and so on.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kurien was given the title ‘The Milkman of India’ because he created milk powder using buffalo milk when the world was still using milk. For his contribution to the dairy industry in India, he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan.
Detailed explanation-4: -Father of Green Revolution in India-M. S. Swaminathan.