White Revolution

Operation Flood The name Operation Flood may sound like disaster management but in reality it is nothing but the revolution brought about in the dairy industry. Here we look at theperson behind this revolution and the lesser known facts about it. Dr. Varghese Kurien fondly referred as the milkman of India is the brain behind this. Born in a Syrian Christian family in Kerala he pursued his education in Chennai and then in the Michigan State University. Interestingly he did not pursue dairy engineering but his passion which was metallurgy and physics. For more info visit: https://www.youtube.com/theopenbook

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