PRESENTED BY: ASHISH .H. DEDHIA PGDBA SEM-1 ROLL NO:11
DR.VERGHESE KURIEN
PERSONAL DETAILS • BORN: 26th NOVEMBER 1921
• PLACE OF BIRTH: CALICUT IN THE STATE OF KERELA
ACADEMICS • PHYSICS FROM LOYALA COLLEGE IN 1940 • B.E.[Mech] FROM MADRAS • JOINED TATA STEEL AND GRADUATED IN 1946 FROM JAMSHEDPUR • MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FROM MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY • B sc IN ECONOMICS FROM LONDON • M.A. IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
DEVELOPMENT OF A MISSION • RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIP FROM GOVERNMENT TO STUDY IN USA • GOVERNMENT SPONSERED HIM FOR DAIRY ENGINEERING PROCESSING PLANT OF AMUL IN 1948
WHITE REVOLUTION • SHRI LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI, CREATED THE NDDB AND APPOINTED HIM AS THE CHAIRMAN IN 1965 • KURIEN ALSO SET UP GCMMF IN 1973 • UPLIFTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
OPERATION FLOOD • INTRODUCED IN 1970 • GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO BRING FARMERS UNDER COMMAND • LARGEST AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM IN THE WORLD
DESIGNATIONS • CHAIRMAN GMMF:1973 to 2006 • CHAIRMAN NDDB:1965 to 1998 • DIRECTOR,AIR CONTROL AHEMDABAD • MEMBER, GUJARAT ELECTRICITY BOARD • CHAIRMAN IRMA:1976 to 2006 • Delegate to the International Dairy congresses held in Rome in 1956 and Copenhagen in 1962
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION • • • • • • •
1963 RAMON MAGSAYSAY 1965 PADMASHRI 1965 PADMA BHUSHAN 1986 KRISHI RATNA 1986 WATELER PEACE 1989 WORLD FOOD PRIZE 1993 INTERNATIONAL PERSON OF THE YEAR • 1999 PADMA VIBHUSHAN
LIFE TIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD ON JANUARY 9,2003
QUALITIES • DOWN TO EARTH • BELIEVES IN INNOVATION • HARD WORKING • NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
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