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Do not repeat this act in this campus This happened within a week after joining IRMA. Two of us were walking down from Jagnath to IRMA. We had yet to get used to walking that much just to fetch an evening snack. Halfway through, we heard a car coming from behind. Reflex action threw the…
I was still at IRMA. There was a function in the IRMA auditorium. Dr and Mrs Kurien were there. At the end of the function Dr. Kurien gradually walked towards the exit at the back of the auditorium. I am sure you would know that the aisle there is a ramp and not steps. I…
“You too? I thought there was only one in…..” During one of his visits to Bangalore, when our office was still at Sabri Complex, Residency Road, Dr Kurien made the above remark. He made it after he saw something in the reception area. What was it? Few months earlier I was in Pondicherry for a…
I was posted to Mumbai office. I was alloted a flat in the Multi Storey Building, on 7th floor. Dr Kurien used to visit the Mumbai office once in while. One evening, I called for the elevator to go down. It is an old elevator and has single call button. So one can not know…
Audit of Anand Pattern Cooperatives As per the bylaws of Anand Pattern cooperatives, 50 % of the profits earned by the society were to be distributed as bonus to its members, based on the transaction each member had with the cooperative. After the first set of cooperatives had completed its first financial year (1974-75), I…
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…
Shri Narayan Rane meets Dr. V. Kurien Shri. Manohar Joshi was Chief Minister of Maharashtra during 1995-99. Shri.Narayan Rane was holding portfolio of Revenue and Dairying in his ministry. I was working as State coordinator of Maharashtra at NDDB, Mumbai office, and therefore, I had to meet Shri. Narayan Rane frequently. Shri. Narayan Rane belongs…
Kolhapur District Co-operative Milk Union (Gokul) started its new dairy at MIDC, Gokul Shirgaon, Kolhapur in the year 1985. NDDB had taken this project on turn-key basis and erected dairy of 2 lakh lit. per day capacity for handling milk and 10 MT per day capacity of powder plant. As soon as new dairy was…
State Bank of India Loan for Milch Animals Loan was synonymous with cooperative. When we talked to farmers on formation of cooperatives, the first question invariably asked was whether we will give loan for purchase of milch animals (cows and buffaloes). Rightly so, most of the milk cooperatives formed were for advancing loans. Loan was…
I am referring to the emotional side, yes emotional side of the man whom, at least I had never seen that way anytime before. This happened in Madras-now Chennai sometime in 1986-87. He was in Madras and I had coincided my visit to Madras office as he wanted me to accompany him to the…
Take over Nilgiri Dairy As the days passed, the Spearhead Team organised several cooperatives, covering most of the potential villages from where Nilgiri Dairy Farm (NDF) and other private agencies procured milk. We intensified our extension activities and educated the farmers: how the private sector operated and exploited the producers. The private sector made huge…
We had sent the bye laws to the Registrar of Cooperatives, Government of Karnataka for approval. As expected, there were a number of objections raised by the office of the Registrar and they suggested that a meeting be held between Regional Director NDDB and the Registrar. I therefore called on the Registrar in his office…
