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Dr V Kurien National Dairy Development Board, NDDB Operation Flood Reminiscences

Persuasive Powers

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 […]

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Second virtual zoom meet of some former NDDB employees at Vrikshamandir held on 6 September, 2021

I wrote an email to all those who participated in the meeting thanking them for their presence and their contributions.My email message and reactions, suggestions received from many of them are given below. One of the many high points during this emotion filled virtual meeting, like last time, were the songs by Dr Hemendra Joshi. […]

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A journey from Gujarat to West Bengal

Dedicated to “Father of white revolution”, Milk man of India Dr. V.Kurien

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Lessons in control of Foot and Mouth Disease

                                    The ongoing pandemic has added many words to the vocabulary of common man which earlier he was not aware of. Now people know and freely use words like virus, corona, strain, sub strain, variant, mutant, double mutant, […]

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When the going gets tough the tough gets going !

The incident I believe, the incident that I am penning down will be of interest to our ‘Future Managers. It is a classic case and one of the novel ways in which an ‘effective manager’ can handle a tough situation to straighten quite a few hurdles in a single stroke. This officer whom I mentioned […]

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Dr. Kurien receives Lokmanya Tilak Award

I was NDDB, State Director for Maharashtra during 2000-2003. In the year 2002, we received a message that Dr. Kurien would visit to Pune to receive “Lokmanya TilakAward” constituted by Lokmanya Tilak Trust, at Tilak Smarak Bhavan, Pune. The entire staff comprising ten NDDB Officers was asked to attend the ceremony. The Tilak SmarakBhavan in […]