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I Too Had a Dream
About this book
Born in Calicut, Kerala, Dr Verghese Kurien graduated in science and engineering from Madras University and Michigan State University, US, respectively. He began his career in dairying at the government's creamery in Anand, Gujarat, later joining the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers'Union Limited (now Amul). As chairman of the National Dairy Development Board, he implemented 'Operation Flood'. He has received countless awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1963), Wateler Peace Prize (1986), World Food Prize (1989) Padma Shri (1965), Padma Bhushan (1966) and Padma Vibhushan (1999). Dr Kurien is currently Chairman of the Institute of Rural Management, Anand; Chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation; and Chairman of the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India.Gouri Salvi is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist. She has worked with Onlooker and Sunday magazines, and with the Women's Feature Service. She has written on development and gender issues, has co-edited Beijing! a book on the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women, and edited Development Retold: Voices From the Field, a book on the Indian Cooperative Union.
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1953-54 | 2003-04 | |
Turnover | Rs 55.47 lakh | Rs 54,088 lakh |
Price difference | 0.32 lakh | 1,235 lakh |
Gross profit | 8.78 lakh | 10,698 lakh |
Total mandlies (societies) | 64 nos. | 1,059 nos. |
No. of members | 14,441 | 598,707 |
Milk procurement | 108.63 lakh kg | 2,539 lakh kg |
Milk procurement price | Rs 7.00 per kg | Rs 200.00 / kg |
Artificial insemination (AI) | 1,673 nos. | 675,707 nos. |
Al centres | 6 nos. | 9,15 nos. |
Pregnancy diagnosis’ | 479 nos. | 245,967 nos. |
Products | Ghee. Butter, Milk Powder, Casein | Ghee. Butter, Milk Powder. Cheese, Flavoured Milk, Cattle Feed, Chocolates, Nutramul, Baby Food, Ready to Eat Food, Bread Spread |
Installed chilling centres at Cambay, Kapdwanj, Balasinor and Khatraj | ||
Installed village chilling units at various societies | ||
Mogar Complex consisting of Chocolate Plant, Malted Milk Food Plant, Ready to Eat Food Plant, Bread Spread Plant Cattle Feed Plant | ||
Khatraj Satellite Dairy | ||
manufacturing Cheese varieties | ||
Amul Satellite Dairy at Pune |
Table of contents
- Coverpage
- I Too Had a Dream
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- PROLOGUE
- EARLY YEARS
- HISTORY IN THE MAKING
- ON A ROLL
- A BILLION-LITRE IDEA
- OPERATION FLOOD
- TOUGH TIMES
- STEP BY STEP
- FROM ORGANISATION TO INSTITUTION
- LIFE OF SERVICE
- A LOOK BACK
- POSTSCRIPT
- ANNEXURE
- INDEX
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- BACKPAGE