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Verghese Kurien

1921 - 2012

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Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 – 9 September 2012) was an Indian dairy engineer and social entrepreneur who led initiatives that contributed to the extensive increase in milk production termed the White Revolution. Kurien graduated in physics from University of Madras in 1940 and received his masters in mechanical engineering from University of Michigan in 1947. In 1949, Kurien was sent by the Government of India to its run a experimental creamery at Anand where he set up the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited in 1950 which later became Amul. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Verghese Kurien has received more than 2,574,334 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Verghese Kurien is the 239th most popular engineer (up from 266th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from India (up from 514th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Verghese Kurien ranks 239 out of 323Before him are Burt Rutan, Johann Georg Halske, Marcel Deprez, Aron Ralston, Johannes Winkler, and Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev. After him are Jean-Augustin Barral, Percy Hobart, Hendrik Wade Bode, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Sherif Ismail, and Ernest Goüin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Verghese Kurien ranks 252Before him are Ernst Haas, Manny Ayulo, Edvard Mirzoyan, Pierre Bec, Inge Borkh, and Maria Gorokhovskaya. After him are Bernard Lown, Mikayil Abdullayev, Gunnar Eriksson, Kees de Jager, Jacques Martin, and Juan José Arreola. Among people deceased in 2012, Verghese Kurien ranks 223Before him are Peter Carsten, William Windom, James Farentino, Jim Marshall, Ramaz Shengelia, and Lupe Ontiveros. After him are Rafael Lesmes, Richard Lynch, Sergio Livingstone, Vladimir Krutov, Yash Chopra, and Hector Bianciotti.

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In India

Among people born in India, Verghese Kurien ranks 471 out of 1,493Before him are Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), Om Puri (1950), Shuja-ud-Daula (1732), Nutan (1936), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), and Azim Premji (1945). After him are H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), Percy Hobart (1885), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858), and Sharmila Tagore (1944).

Among ENGINEERS In India

Among engineers born in India, Verghese Kurien ranks 1After him are Percy Hobart (1885), Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), and Tessy Thomas (1963).