Vrikshamandir
Shri. Sharad Pawar was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra during period 1993-95. The bomb blasts had just happened in Mumbai. Shiv Sena was trying to come to power and would launch agitation on any perceived issue of public interest. One such agitation Shiv Sena carried at that time was about supply of vegetable oil through […]
Dr E Madhavan a veteran of the good old National Dairy Development Board started his career with Kheda District Milk Producers Union Limited , Anand. He later joined the newly formed Farmers Organisation and Animal Husbandry Group at the National Dairy Development Board in early seventies. Dr A. A Chothani, Dr. SP Mittal, Dr. SN […]
In this concluding episode Dr. Madavan talks about the bond of cooperative spirit and personal chemistry that Dr. Kurien and the founder Chairman of Erode District Milk Producers Cooperative Union Thiru Paramasivan developed over the years. There can not be a better person than Dr Madhavan who with his team was a witness and an […]
Goodbye Erode Milk Union Manthan, a feature film, produced by the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation depicted the saga of the NDDB Spearhead Team replicating “Anand Pattern” milk cooperative in a remote village. This film directed by Shyam Benegal focuses on formation of a village level Milk Producers Cooperative. The Spearhead Team and it Leader […]
Dr. V Kurien, founder Chairman, NDDB visits Erode Whenever I went to NDDB, Anand, on official work, I used to request Dr V Kurien, Chairman NDDB to pay a visit to Erode to look up the work of the NDDB spearhead team. Dr Kurien agreed, but on condition that I took him to the school […]
Rural Health Foundation Erode was known as an important health centre right from the days of the British. There was a well-equipped government hospital and several private hospitals in Erode. In all, there were more than 300 medical practitioners in Erode. People from all over the district come to Erode for availing medical treatment. The Kaira District Cooperative […]
Erode MLA visits Anand Pattern Cooperatives After several requests, Ma Subramaniam, Erode MLA agreed to visit one Anand Pattern Cooperative: Semboothampalayam. It was agreed that I will pick him from his Erode residence at 6 am. I reported at Mr Subramanian’s residence exactly at 6 am. I was asked to wait as the MLA was […]
Dr. Madhavan shares his reminiscences in a series of articles. He has named these memoirs as “Feast of Memories”. He shares some interesting incidents that happened during the time cooperatives were being organised in the villages of Erode. Aramugam did not have to shave off his moustaches Aramugam belonged to a village called Chavadipalayampudur. He was one […]
Dr LK Muthuswamy Dr LK Muthuswamy was the President of the Erode Cooperative Milk Supply Union. Established in 1962, this Union was responsible for collection of milk from villages and marketing it in Erode town. Vendors collected milk from the farmers in villages and brought it to Erode where it was chilled in the Union’s […]
Meeting Thiru SK Paramsivan at his village Chinniampalayam. Thiru Paramsivan now 102 became the founder Chairman of Erode District Milk Producers Cooperative Union On a hot afternoon, I visited Chinniampalayam, a village ten kms from Erode, to meet Mr SK Paramasivan, a progressive farmer, cooperator and a former Member of the Parliament. After preliminary introduction, […]
Dr. Madhavan shares his reminiscences in a series of articles. He has named these memoirs as “Feast of Memories”. In this edition he talks about thebasic ground work done for formation of Anand Pattern Milk Producers Society in Erode. In order to ascertain the actual Fat and SNF contents in milk, I collected milk samples […]
Dr Kurien’s advice in 1980 to the then Chairman of the Union was “ The only way to become strong was for the farmers co-operative to own and manage the operations of their own milk processing plant” . He had told Shri. Anandrao Patil to purchase a parcel of land near Kolhapur, and NDDB would […]