INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 – 9 September 2012), known as the “Father of the White Revolution” in India, was a social entrepreneur whose “billion-litre idea", Operation Flood, made dairy farming India’s largest self-sustaining industry and the largest rural employment sector providing a third of all rural income.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dr. 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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dr Kurien, over years, revolutionized the production, procurement and marketing of milk and other farm produce in India through co-operative institutional set up and India could achieve the coveted position as number one milk producer in the world. Dr Kurien was a staunch nationalist and had ambitious vision for India.