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“India's place in the sun would come from the partnership between the wisdom of its rural people and the skill of its professionals.”
“India's place in the sun would come from the partnership between the wisdom of its rural people and the skill of its professionals.”
— VERGHESE KURIEN
Social entrepreneur · 1921 – 2012
Verghese Kurien was an Indian social entrepreneur who built the Anand cooperative model behind Amul and led Operation Flood, the world's largest dairy development programme. His work turned India from a milk-deficient nation into the world's largest milk producer, lifting millions of farmers out of poverty.
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