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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. He led initiatives that contributed to the extensive increase in milk production in India termed as the White Revolution. Kurien graduated in physics from the University of Madras in 1940 and received his masters in mechanical engineering from the Michigan State University in 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Verghese Kurien has received more than 2,724,658 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Verghese Kurien is the 269th most popular engineer (down from 237th in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from India (down from 467th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Verghese Kurien ranks 269 out of 389. Before him are Eugene Polley, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Ernest Goüin, Sergey Chaplygin, Mikhail Simonov, and Boris Chertok. After him are Marcel Deprez, Hendrik Wade Bode, Fulgence Bienvenüe, Louis Pouzin, Preston Tucker, and Robert W. Paul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Verghese Kurien ranks 283. Before him are Giuseppe Delfino, Carol Channing, Chico Hamilton, Chuck Connors, Joe Fagan, and Karl Aage Hansen. After him are Tommy Cooper, Michel Boisrond, Carlo Parola, Eusebio Castigliano, Nadezhda Popova, and Barbro Hiort af Ornäs. Among people deceased in 2012, Verghese Kurien ranks 269. Before him are Davy Jones, Keith Campbell, Juan Francisco Lombardo, Ignatius IV of Antioch, Roland Moreno, and Félicien Marceau. After him are Ladislav Kuna, Jacques Dupin, Ann Curtis, Barney McKenna, Fyodor Khitruk, and Victor Mees.

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In India

Among people born in India, Verghese Kurien ranks 577 out of 1,861. Before him are Kamala Surayya (1934), Jayakanthan (1934), Sushma Swaraj (1952), Roshan Seth (1942), Naseeruddin Shah (1949), and The Great Gama (1878). After him are Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), Launceston Elliot (1874), Fauja Singh (1911), Charu Majumdar (1918), and Kajal Aggarwal (1985).

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Among ENGINEERS In India

Among engineers born in India, Verghese Kurien ranks 1. After him are Percy Hobart (1885), Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), Rajeshwari Chatterjee (1922), and Tessy Thomas (1963).

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