New Delhi: Today is the birthday of Dr. Varghese Kurien, the father of the White Revolution in India. He played a big role in making the country facing the scarcity of milk the world's largest milk producing country. He was born on 26 November 1921 in Kozhikode, Kerala. In India, his birthday is celebrated as National Milk Day and it was started in 2014.
He died on 9 September 2012. Due to 'Operation Flood' under the leadership of Kurien, India became the largest milk producing country in the world. It is noteworthy that India's Operation Flood was the world's largest dairy development program, which increased the production of milk in India. If we look at the ground level, Kurien's achievement is more than increasing milk production. Kurien graduated in science from Loyla College, Chennai in 1940 and an engineering degree from GC Engineering College, Chennai.
The Operation Flood program began in 1970. Operation Flood helped the farmers related to the dairy industry to direct their development, control their resources in their hands. The National Milk Grid connects the country's milk producers with consumers in more than 700 cities and towns. Overwhelmed by Amul's success, the then PM Lal Bahadur Shastri formed the National Milk Development Board (NDDB) to spread the Amul model to other places and appointed Dr. Kurian as the chairman of the board.
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