Dr Kurien’s birthday celebrated as National Milk Day at VKCoE, IRMA

Verghese Kurien Center of Excellence (VKCoE) conducted a Dr. Kurien Dairy Awareness Competition 2022 amongst the school children of class 9, 10 and 11 of Anand and the neighbouring towns at SMC College of Dairy Science, AAU Campus, Anand on 24 November, two days ahead of Dr. Verghese Kurien’s 101st Birth Anniversary. The presentation/ elocution competition was conducted in both English and Gujarati languages. An enthusiastic response from the students and teachers was the highlight of the competition. The topic of the presentation was ‘Dairying in India’ and the students from various schools of Anand, VV Nagar and Nadiad elaborated on various aspects of it.

GCMMF’s Chief General Manager Shri Manoranjan Pani and the principal of SMC College of  Dairy Science, Dr. Atanu Jana graced the occasion and gave away the prizes along with the VKCoE Chairperson – Dr. J.B. Prajapati. In the English section, Anandalaya, Shristi English Medium School and Podar International School won the First, Second and Third prizes respectively. In the Gujarati section, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel High school Khetiwadi, Sardar Patel Vinay mandir and D. N. High School Anand won the First, Second, and Third prizes respectively. The winners were awarded a trophy, cash prize and medals. All the participants were awarded with a participation certificate and gift hamper from Amul.

The students collected very good information about the strengths of Indian Dairy industry, paid apt tribute to the builders of Amul, Dr. Kurien, Shri Tribhuvandas Patel and the milk producers. They discussed nutritional and health attributes of milk and how dairying contributes to socio-economic changes in rural India. Some children recommended conferring “Bharat Ratna” to Dr. Kurien, which will be equivalent to Bharat Ratna given to 10 million farmers of the country. Some students presented interesting tag lines for generic marketing of milk.

won the First, Second and Third prizes respectively. In the Gujarati section, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel High school- Khetiwadi, Sardar Patel Vinay mandir and D. N. High School Anand won the First, Second, and Third prizes respectively. The winners were awarded a trophy, cash prize and medals. All the participants were awarded with a participation certificate and gift hamper from Amul.

The students collected very good information about the strengths of Indian Dairy industry, paid apt tribute to the builders of Amul, Dr. Kurien, Shri Tribhuvandas Patel and the milk producers. They discussed nutritional and health attributes of milk and how dairying contributes to socio-economic changes in rural India. Some children recommended conferring “Bharat Ratna” to Dr. Kurien, which will be equivalent to Bharat Ratna given to 10 million farmers of the country.  Some students presented interesting tag lines for generic marketing of milk Also VKCoE released its Information Brochure 2022 at the inaugural ceremony of the CEO Conclave being organized by IRMA on 26^th November 2022. The brochure has messages from dairy stalwarts on the theme of reducing carbon footprint in dairy industry, along with the annual report of VKCoE.