Amul, NDDB and many other dairy co-ops have paid glowing tributes to legendary Verghese Kurien on his 11th death anniversary. In a tweet NDDB salutes its founder and says he was a true visionary and institution builder who brought smiles in the lives of millions of our dairy farmers.
Remembering his sayings: “The biggest power in India is the power of its people – the power of millions of farmers and their families. What if we mobilised them, if we combined this farmer power with professional management? What could they not achieve? What could India not become?” , reads the tweet.
In its topical Amul girl paid tributes to its creator with the Picture of him sitting on a chair and Amul girl with a jug of milk. The caption read “He was more milk. Remembering Verghese Kurien on his 11th death anniversary.
It is true that due to his vision of wedding professional management with farmers’ efforts, the miracle of operation flood happened in India. Indian Cooperative joins others in saluting this giant of a co-operator.