That evening Dr. Kurien and I returned to our Hotel after a series of International Dairy Federation meetings in Frankfurt. We were tired as the meetings lasted long with little time for breaks. Dr. Kurien naturally wanted to have a some rest so we went to our respective rooms. At around 7 pm Dr. Kuried…
Dr. Kurien was a very witty person. His wits often had no end. He was so good at cracking jokes on himself. It is an incident of the period I was posted as Counsellor, Embassy of India, Brussels (Belgium). I used to look after travel and stay arrangements during his visits to Europe those days…..
Dr V Kurien Chairman NDDB was informed by the Government of India, the dates of visit of the Mission for terminal evaluation of Operation Flood I. Dr. Kurien insisted that since it is the final evaluation of Operation Flood I a representative from Indian Dairy Corporation / National Dairy Development Board should be a shadow…
“Give instructions you can yourself execute. In case your junior says he can’t, you should be able to tell him to step aside and do it yourself” – V Kurien Dr. Milton Obote was scheduled to visit NDDB at around 3.00 pm that day. As per the protocol that all of us in NDDB were…
From my village to Anand I met Dr. V. Kurien in November, 1967 for the first time, thanks to Prof VK Gupta and Dr. Michael Halse (Mike) who were both then working at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad ( IIMA). I had known uncle Gupta as he and my father were friends and both…
I come from a family of teachers. I deliberately chose a non teaching profession but education always remained close to my heart, especially at school level. There are two strong reasons for it. One, my father spent his entire life starting new schools in what was Mewar region of Rajasthan and two, he rightly believed…
I joined National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) at Anand in the late nineties. I had spent about a year in the organisation and was still struggling and felt somewhat perplexed trying to adjust in the new working atmosphere. In NDDB , the work culture was very different from that of a Central Government Offices from…
Contributed by Nagendra Prasad Donakonda NDDB 1998-2005 I had got through the competition and joined the two year flagship Post Graduate Program in Rural Management at IRMA in 1995. This happened sometime June 1996. Third Semester was over (Year 1 of the program) and in June 1996 we came to know that five of…
How many mistakes are okay ? The inauguration of a cattle feed plat and Boriavi near Anand on 31st October 1964 (Sardar Jayanti) by the then PM Shri Lal Bahadur Shashtri led to the formation of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1965. This plant was constructed by the Projects Division of Kheda District Milk…
We remember his tenure as Chief Election Commissioner. However, as a man of action and great simplicity right from the beginning of his career he had a way of doing things differently which set him apart from the rest. On 10th November 2019, the news of the death of Mr. T N Sheshan brought to…
Why we write what we write? The question is why we write what we write? Well, first of all one must know how to write only then one can think of writing what to write. Speaking comes easily at least speaking for daily usage. Speaking to others known or unknown and in front of others…
मेरी माँ सब माँओं जैसी है । पर हर “अपनी” माँ हर “अपने” लिये विशेष होती है। अम्मा की कथा लिखने की कोशिश शुरू की है मैअम्मा हूं ! अम्मा ने खाना बनाने का काम बहुत कम उम्र से किया पहले अपने घर फिर शादी बाद हमारे गाँव में संयुक्त परिवार में सालों तक रहीं…
