And Gurumantra from Shri P Aranha another boxer 🥊 I had totally forgotten the story that Nagar has shared about Dr Kurien and cricket. Nagar and I were in UK together for about three months during August to October 1972 to get trained in computer systems analysis and design. After I received the draft of…
By RK Nagar Since we did not have any indoor sports facilities, the only option was to take part in the only outdoor sport-tennis ball cricket that we played first on the parking lot near the old office building and later shifted to where the present tennis court is. With this change of venue…
By IVNS Raju I was then working with the East Coast Road Project of AFCONS Infrastructure Ltd., based out of Marakkanam a village near Pondicherry. I had applied for a job at NDDB and got an invite to appear for written test at NDDB,Ceebros Complex, Chennai in the month of January, 1992. I wrote the…
My mother started cooking at a very young age before her marriage. After her marriage she cooked for the family for years at my village where we lived in a large joint farming family. After that she stayed with my father where ever my father was posted Nanpara, Bahraich, Deoria, Delhi, Nilokhari, Dehradun, Delhi, Gurgaon……
He was the only child of late Mrs Krishna and late Shri R N Haldipur, a former Lt. Governor of Arunachal and Pondicherry states. Mr Haldipur accepted Dr. Kurien’s offer and took over as Director, IRMA in 1982. During his four years stay in Anand, I had only a formal contact with him. His wife,…
Contributed by former NDDB employees and well wishers Collection of photos that speak to those who lived through those momentous moments that stretched to years … Action picture at work, home and having fun, of self, family, colleagues, offices ,plants, field operations… will all find a place here. Please send your photos (preferably taken in…
By Dr Mukund Naware The Spear Head Team of Jalgaon was withdrawn in phases. I was the last person to return after handing over all the activities and project vehicles to Jalgaon Milk Union. It was on 1st of November 1976 that I reported for duty at Anand. I signed the muster and straightway went…
By Dr Mukund Naware Dr. Chothani told me that Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar was waiting to meet us the three team leaders one on one. “You go when your turn comes and share with him your experiences as a spearhead team leade, he is writing a story for a feature film you know” Dr. Chothani,…
By Dr Mukund Naware Sometime by the end of 1974 or early 75 a meeting was held at NDDB, Anand to undertake a overall review of various activities that were going on under Operation Flood -I in the presence of a team from WFP/ FAO. Officers from all the Regional Offices, Cell Offices had participated…
Much before his visit, NDDB, Anand was making preparation for his visit. I was at that time working at NDDB, Anand in the Co-operative Services Group. One day, Dr. N.V. Belawadi called me and told that, C.S. group had to organize visit of Prime Minister Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a nearby village. After long…
I met Ganeshji not in the century that I was born but had to wait for the onset of the new millennium plus almost eight years for the planets to synchronise and be at the right position to create a favourable grah dasha. When the three of us Ganesh ji, Virindra Behla ( Viru) and…
In my short tenure at NDDB from the year 1992 to 1997, I must have met Dr. Kurien (who was the chairman at the time) probably only about a couple of times. One evening I was walking with my then 3 year old son towards the campus exit. We were on our way to run…
