Dr Verghese Kurien – AMUL India

Verghese Kurien is called the father of the White Revolution in India. He is also known as the Milkman of India as he is the man behind the success of Amul (Anand Milk Union Limited).AMUL is based in Anand, Gujarat and has been a sterling example of a co-operative organization’s success in the long term. It is one of the best examples of co-operative achievement in the developing world.Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd(GCMMF) is an apex cooperative organization that manages the Amul food brand.Amul had a revenue of $1b USD in 2006-07. In addition to Kurien, people like Shri Dalaya, VH Shah, Madhukar Shah, Dr.AR Seth, Dr.Shabnis and Shri Tribhuvandas Patel have also played a significant role in the progress and development of Amul.

Dr. Kurien and his team were pioneers in inventing the process of making milk powder and condensed milk from buffalo’s milk instead of cow’s milk. This was the reason Amul became so successful and competed well against Nestle who only used cow milk to make powder and condensed milk. In India buffalo milk was the main raw material unlike Europe where cow milk is abundant.

For his contribution to the dairy industry, Kurien has received top awards not only in India but also overseas.

Amar Bose – Bose Corporation

Amar Bose is the Chairman and founder of the Bose Corporation, an American Company that specialises in audio equipment.  In 2007 he was listed in the Forbes 400 with a net worth of $ 1.8 billion. He is of Bengali descent. Bose audio equipments are very renowed for their quality and are known to set benchmarks for its peers in the audio industry

Bose’s Wikipedia page

 

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