VERGHESE KURIEN, known as the "Father of the White Revolution" in Indiaand also as THE MILK MAN OF INDIA, passed away on this day in 2012.
He 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.
He was awarded the Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership and was honored by the Government of India with a Padma Vibhushan, more
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