Book: I Too Had A Dream Architect of 'Operation Flood', the largest dairy development programme in the world, Dr. Verghese Kurien has enabled India to become the largest milk producer in the world. A man with a rare vision, Dr. Kurien has devoted a lifetieme to realising his dream-empowering the farmers of India. He has engineered the milk cooperative movement in India.
It was a sheer quirk of fate that landed him in Anand where a small group of farmers were forming a cooperative, Kaira, District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited (better known as Amul), to sell their milk.
About Author :
Born in Calicut, Kerala, Dr. Verghese Kurien graduated in science and engineering from Madras University and Michigam State University, USA, respectively.
He began his career in dairying at the government's creamery in Anand, Gujarat, later joining the Kaira District Cooperative, later joining the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited (now Amult). As Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board, he implemented 'Operation Flood'.
Contents :
Foreword
Prologue
Early Yerars
History in the Making
On a Roll
A Billion-Litre Idea
Operation Flood
Tough Times
Step by Step
From Organisation to Institution
Life of Service
A Look Back
Postscript
Annexure
Index
Acknowledgements
Details of Book: I Too Had A Dream Book: I Too Had A Dream
Author: Gouri Salvi
ISBN: 8174364072
ISBN-13: 9788174364074
, 978-8174364074
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: 2008
Publisher: Roli Books Pvt Ltd
Number of Pages: 250
Language: English