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……
Once upon a time not so long ago … Those were the days when we had only heard of frozen semen. Embryo transfer was not even heard of. It may have existed in textbooks and research papers but not in practice. Insemination in cows and buffaloes with liquid semen was the order of the day. …
डाक्टर भीमशंकर मनुबंश बात उन दिनों की है जब मैं बरौनी दुग्ध संघ का प्रबंध निदेशक हुआ करता था । एक रात, कोई बारह बजे के बाद की बात है, अचानक फोन की घंटी बज उठी। उस जमाने मे सिर्फ लैंड – लाइन ही हुआ करता था ।हम लोग कुछ ही समय पहले सोये थे…
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By Dr Mukund Naware The Spear Head Team of Jalgaon was withdrawn in phases.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…
By RK Nagar As we all know, Operation Flood-I was funded entirely out of monetisation of Skim Milk Powder and Butter Oil gifted by the European Union,( then known as EEC) through the FAO-WFP. As per the terms of the agreement, Indian Dairy Corporation (IDC), a fully owned company of the government of India established…
By RK Nagar Whereas NDDB had hard time pursuing states to accept even one project to create an ‘Anand’, under Operation Flood -I the story was different when it came to Operation Flood -II. Politicians now wanted their constituency included under OF-II. Two notable requests were from Kamalnath, the member of parliament from Chhindwara, MP…
By RK Nagar It was the beginning of Operation Flood-I early seventies. FAO-WFP, who were the donors of dairy commodities insisted on sending some experts in dairy technology, dairy engineering, animal breeding, animal nutrition etc. as they believed that we poor Indians didn’t have the expertise to handle a large and complex project like OF….
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…
