Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 - 9 September 2012), known as the "Father of the White Revolution" in India was a social entrepreneur whose "billion-litre idea", Operation Flood,made dairy farming India's largest self-sustaining industry and the largest rural employment sector providing a third of all rural income.It made India the world's largest milk producer, doubled the milk available for each person, and increased milk output four-fold in 30 years
