CoopPeople™
Featured people from India's cooperative sector
Dr. Verghese Kurien
Founder Chairman / Dairy Executive (Historical) · National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) / GCMMF (Amul)
“Known as the "Father of the White Revolution" in India, Dr. Verghese Kurien was a visionary social entrepreneur who transformed India from a milk-deficient nation into the world's largest milk producer. Through a cooperative model (most notably Amul and NDDB), he empowered millions of rural farmers,”
Jaswantrai Mehta
Chief Organizer & Financial Advisor · Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad
“Jaswantrai Mehta was a visionary co-founder, chief organizer, and financial advisor of the Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad cooperative. In 1959, he provided crucial administrative, legal, and structural guidance to seven semi-literate Gujarati women in Mumbai who started a small papad-rolling v”
M. Liju
Minister for Excise and Cooperation (or Member of Legislative Assembly / MLA) · Government of Kerala (or Kerala Legislative Assembly)
“M. Liju is a prominent Indian politician, seasoned administrator, and advocate who serves as the Minister for Excise and Cooperation for the Government of Kerala. Born in Haripad, Alappuzha district, to Mohanlal M., he completed his B.Sc., LL.B. at Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram (2002), ”
V. Muraleedharan
Founder President · National Yuva Cooperative Society Ltd. (NYCS)
“Driven by the foundational philosophy of "Yuva Vikas se Rashtra Vikas" (National Development through Youth Development), Shri V. Muraleedharan—a distinguished Indian statesman, veteran social leader, and currently an MLA in the Kerala Legislative Assembly following a prominent tenure as a Union Mini”
Robert Owen
Apprentice Draper & Textile Manager · Independent Drapers / Cotton Mills
“Robert Owen was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, and social reformer widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of the cooperative movement and utopian socialism. At his New Lanark cotton mills in Scotland, he pioneered humanistic industrial management by reducing work hours, bann”
Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel
Freedom Activist & Social Reformer · Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union (Amul)
“Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel was a visionary freedom fighter, Gandhian leader, and social reformer celebrated as the pioneer of the Indian cooperative movement. Under the guidance of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Morarji Desai, he mobilized local dairy farmers to resist unfair trade practices, leadin”
Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe
Cabinet Minister · Government of Maharashtra
“Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe was an Indian statesman, social reformer, and cooperative pioneer. An agriculture graduate from Pune University, he studied international agricultural models in the United States and Europe before dedicating his life to rural development. Operating in Kopargaon, Maharashtra, ”
Sir Perungavur Rajagopalachari
Member of the Council of India · India Office / Council of India
“Sir Perungavur Rajagopalachari was a distinguished Indian administrator, civil servant, and cooperative movement pioneer. Educated at Presidency College and Law College, Madras, he joined the Madras Civil Service in 1886 and later served as Dewan of Cochin and Travancore. Following the enactment of ”
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