Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 – 9 September 2012) was an Indian engineer and businessman, best known for creating the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing
Federation (GCMMF) ( Amul dairy-food )
As the founding chairman of the GCMMF , Kurien was responsible for the creation and success
of Amul brand of dairy products. A key achievement at Amul was the
invention of milk powder processed from buffalo's milk (abundant in
India), as opposed to that made from cow-milk.
His achievements with the GCMMF led to the appointment of founder-chairman of the National Dairy Development Board
(NDDB) in 1965, to replicate Amul's successes on a nationwide scale. A
few years later, the NDDB under Kurien launched Operation Flood (or the
White Revolution)—the largest dairy development program in the world.
Operation Flood helped India become the world's largest milk producer;
in 2010–11, India's contribution was close to 17 percent of the global
production.
Hailed as the "Milkman of India" and the "Father of the White Revolution", Kurien had won the Padma Vibhushan (India's second-highest civilian honour), the World Food Prize and the Magsaysay Award.
