Dr. V. Kurien

wow! Dr. Verghese Kurien. i salute him. His daughter said of him, quoted from Nelson Mandela's autobiographical book, "...if there is a person with a very good heart and a very good mind, the combination is unsurpassable. And i think my father have both...".

what has he done?
he made AMUL what it is today, the leading brand of dairy products in India, the largest milk producer in the world, more than that produced by New Zealand. He believed that he HAS TO SERVE those paying his salary, and that is the farmers! the farmers paid his salary. so he has to serve them, not profit, not anyone else. He also HAS TO SERVE his state, his country. His education was sponsored by the British, so he has to serve the British, but the British passed him over to serve his country. So he did. He was sent by the Indian Government to a small village to take care of the farmers there. So he did.

He was not alone in his journey. His so called mentor, Tribhuvandas, a father figure, showed him the right spirit. And then there was his study buddy back when they were both studying in America, a milk technologist. Marvelous combination! And not forgetting, his wife, Mdm. Molly Kurien who played a great role of keeping him healthy. and of course his daugther, his grandson, all played a role, of helping him be the father and grandfather that he is, a whole person. A good man, who loves his job, who loves his people, his country and his family.

he dislikes bureaucracy. AMUL has no bureaucracy. The people, the farmers take care of themselves in AMUL. The farmers, and of course the consumers, benefited from AMUL. AMUL's products are of good quality and cheap in price. AMUL is not doing business for profit. It is doing business to benefit the farmers and the consumers.

He dislikes foreign investments. foreign people will only invest in a country, if they think they will get more from the country that they invested in. if they want to invest in the milk industry in India, why should the indians let them. According to him, "we are doing a better job than them." it is helping our nation, if the people do it themselves.

wow again! wish there were many people like this on earth. so inspiring!