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Erode MLA visits Anand Pattern Cooperatives After several requests, Ma Subramaniam, Erode MLA agreed to visit one Anand Pattern Cooperative: Semboothampalayam. It was agreed that I will pick him from his Erode residence at 6 am. I reported at Mr Subramanian’s residence exactly at 6 am. I was asked to wait as the MLA was…
Dr. Madhavan shares his reminiscences in a series of articles. He has named these memoirs as “Feast of Memories”. He shares some interesting incidents that happened during the time cooperatives were being organised in the villages of Erode. Aramugam did not have to shave off his moustaches Aramugam belonged to a village called Chavadipalayampudur. He was one…
Dr LK Muthuswamy Dr LK Muthuswamy was the President of the Erode Cooperative Milk Supply Union. Established in 1962, this Union was responsible for collection of milk from villages and marketing it in Erode town. Vendors collected milk from the farmers in villages and brought it to Erode where it was chilled in the Union’s…
Meeting Thiru SK Paramsivan at his village Chinniampalayam. Thiru Paramsivan now 102 became the founder Chairman of Erode District Milk Producers Cooperative Union On a hot afternoon, I visited Chinniampalayam, a village ten kms from Erode, to meet Mr SK Paramasivan, a progressive farmer, cooperator and a former Member of the Parliament. After preliminary introduction,…
Dr. Madhavan shares his reminiscences in a series of articles. He has named these memoirs as “Feast of Memories”. In this edition he talks about thebasic ground work done for formation of Anand Pattern Milk Producers Society in Erode. In order to ascertain the actual Fat and SNF contents in milk, I collected milk samples…
Dr Kurien’s advice in 1980 to the then Chairman of the Union was “ The only way to become strong was for the farmers co-operative to own and manage the operations of their own milk processing plant” . He had told Shri. Anandrao Patil to purchase a parcel of land near Kolhapur, and NDDB…
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…..
International Standards for global trade for all foods including milk products come under the purview of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) of the WHO, who in turn appointed International Dairy Federation (IDF) as it Advisor for draft standards on milk and milk products. In 1995, Dr. Kurien appointed me as the Secretary of the Indian…
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…
RK Nagar accompanied by Dr RP Aneja visited Tamilnadu in late seventies. They met the legendary Mr. TN Sheshan who was then Agriculture Production Commissioner, Tamilnadu. The purpose of the meeting was to plan for Operation Flood II in Tamilnadu. Nagar has written about this meeting with Mr. TN Sheshan . RK Nagar now narrates…
A thought provocative article as usual from from Harish Damodaran. Harish Damodaran is known for his writings on Indian Agriculture. The proposed reforms in Agriculture sector are no doubt praise worthy. However, now that these these long awaited steps have been taken, will the politics of our land make it happen? We live in times…
