Success is where vision couples with hard work. The story of Mr. Verghese Kurien is none too different. In his
autobiography told to Gouri Salvi, he narrates how co-operative movement had been instrumental in helping out the misery struck farmers of Anand District of Gujarat a western province in India.
The author was the Chairman of National Diary Development Board (NDDB) and General Manager of The Kaira District Milk Union, which owns the popular diary brand “Amul”. As the chief of NDDB he pioneered “ Operation Flood”, a mission which aimed self-reliance in diary products.
Mr.Kurian started his career as a trainee engineer in TISCO. After attending a scholarship program in the US he was sent to Anand, a remote village in Western India. It was in Anand that Mr. Tribhuvan Das Patel, an associate of Sardar Vallbbhai Patel had started the Kaira District Milk Union, to avoid exploitation suffered by farmers in the hands of diary owners. Mr. Patel knew the potential Mr. Kurien had, and entrusts him with the charge of the Diary. The rest is history.
In this autobiography Mr. Kurian narrates his vision about the development of farmers, who account for nearly 70% of India, without whom the nation can’t develop.