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There never was and never will be another Verghese Kurien who reigned like a Colossus over the dairy industry of India for over 50 years. He had the authority to rule over the industry because of his intense knowledge of the sector, his faith in the capacity of the rural milk producers and his selfless […]
An overwhelming thought arose during my routine meditation today. And in the eyes of my mind I was pulled back for a while to about 5 decades to a time when I as a fresh college graduate from Anand veterinary College and joined NDDB. I had recently joined and posted at NDDB Head Office in […]
Year-1995-96; A watershed moment of my professional career Not many would remember that in 1995 National Dairy Development Board had initiated a project on ” Oil Palm”. The project was initiated in Mandya district of Karnataka with the objective of producing, procuring, processing and marketing Palm oil so that the burden of import of edible […]
Memories tend to fade over time. However, not all. Some of them tend to remain firmly etched in one’s mind despite the passage of time. Flashback to year 1977. I was a greenhorn Junior Officer in the NDDB,occupying Flat-D/26 at NDDB Campus in Anand. I had tried the nuptial knot the previous year. During those […]
I started working at the age of 22 and got a regular full time job with the National Dairy Development Board ( NDDB), Anand in 1968. I decided to leave NDDB after 32 years of service in the year 2000. It was a one of the most difficult personal decisions of my life. Thereafter, I […]
The year 1970 had begun very well for me. On 1st of January I had landed in Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar, as a Trainee Officer deputed by Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) to undergo three months’ Advance Course in Physio Pathology of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination. That course was usually meant for Captains and […]
G Rajan It was around 10 am or so on a normal office day. I was busy opening the envelopes of incoming “Dak”, sorting papers and identifying those to be put up to the Secretary NDDB , who was busy in a meeting, and those that were to be marked to departments directly I was […]
Dr. Mukund Naware In August 1977 Dr Naware returned from Guntur after working there as Spear Head Team Leader for 7 months. Back to Anand, he was waiting for further orders and spending time in giving lectures in on-going training programs and escorting important visitors under Guest Programs in the evenings……he writes.. Like every story […]
By PT Jacob God is the creator of the Universe, including us. We formed different religious groups to worship Him/Her. There are those who belong to specific religious groups and there are those who do not –but accept the concept of God as the Creator and possibly the Provider. To most who knew Dr.V Kurien, […]
Most of my former colleagues are now very senior citizens. Many of them are not technology savvy. To set up this blog dedicated to audio stories was a technological challenge for me too. It has taken me three days to finally figure out a way to upload audio files on Vrikshamandir. I decided not to […]
Our master storyteller of the days of the yore, RK Nagar, described his arrival in Anand in 1969 to join the National Dairy Development Board. In this episode he shares real life events of our lives while shifting the NDDB Office from third floor of Administration Building in Amul Dairy Campus to the newly built […]
I write this on the morning of Christmas Day of 2019 from Toronto. My 6 year old granddaughter gave me a beautiful card with a message that she wrote for me. Unlike her I wrote to my great grand father but since he didn’t know how to read or write I wrote to my grand […]