Excerpts of condolence letter written by IFFCO Managing Director Mr U S Awasthi to Mrs.Molly Kurien on the demise of cooperative genius Mr Verghese Kurien
Dear Mrs. Kurien,
I express my heartfelt grief on passing away of Dr. Kurien, the father of the white revolution and the founding father of the great cooperative institution AMUL.
He will always be an inspiration to the cooperative institutions like ours and our 40,000 cooperative members and 5.5 crore members. We will always miss the presence of the great soul, a pioneer, who believed in the strength of the cooperative movement.
Dr. Kurien not only proved to the world that cooperatives can be successful business entities which truly symbolizes the idea of ‘inclusive business practices’ but he showed to the world the power of rural India and the power of the Indian farmer.
AMUL led by Dr.Kurien, in a way epitomizes the power of ‘one for all and all for one’, in bringing white revolution.
This helped the Institution like IFFCO in ushering the green revolution. Both these noble cooperative institutions stood for a vision with compassion to become a symbol of successful Indian cooperatives. Dr.Kurien, was a noble soul behind the above idea.
On the behalf of entire IFFCO family, I once again pray to God to give peace to the spirit of this noble soul and may his guidance and ‘Aashirwad’ continue to guide us on the righteous path.
With kindest regards.
Yours sincerely,
(U.S.Awasthi)