NDDB SHOULD BE THE INSTITUTION TO PROMOTE THE CO-OPERATIVE UNIVERSITY BEING LOOKED FOR BY GOVT OF INDIA

 NDDB SHOULD BE THE INSTITUTION TO PROMOTE THE CO-OPERATIVE UNIVERSITY BEING LOOKED FOR BY GOVT OF INDIA

I have read the News Item in the media where in, the incumbent Hon'ble Home Minister of India as well as the Minister for the new Ministry of Co-operation has said in the Parliament of India that the Government of India is looking for Institutions who would come forward to promote a "Co-operative University". He has also said that some institutions have come forward and offered to lead including Pune based "Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-operative Management " but the Government has not yet decided about it.

Dr. V. Kurien, founder of NDDB ( National Dairy Development Board ), located at Anand (Gujarat State) in India,  during his life time tried to uphold the philosophy of Co-operatives. He had proved the value of Co-operative by demonstrating successes through the organizations like “Amul” (the Globally Famous Dairy and Milk Brand today) and through the famous Project-Operation Flood for Dairy Development of India and contributing to National Development of India through this effort significantly, that remain in the history. He also faced undue bad-humiliation and a coup ( in 2005 ) and got thrown away from the very organizations including IRMA at the end and towards the very end of his life painfully that he had indirectly shared with me in person (articles here in my blog : drnimain.blogspot.com ).

NDDB has established many institutions when Dr. Kurien was its Chairman (Founder Chairman until 1998), in diversified fields including IRMA (Institute of Rural Management Anand, the premier business school of India ) as an educational institution. It is undisputed that NDDB (National Dairy Development Board ) led by Dr. V. Kurien was the real promoter of IRMA (though technically and formally it is IRMA Society who is the Promoter of IRMA).

It is NDDB who should lead as the Promotion of the Co-operative University being looked for by Government of India.

IRMA should remain and retain its status as autonomous, but help and use its resources to assist NDDB to establish the Co-operative University as a Central University.

IRMA can be affiliated to that new Co-operative University of NDDB, still retaining its autonomous and special status also, so that it can offer the Post Graduate programmes as MBA ( Rural Management ) and Ph.D. ( Rural Management ) for its PGDRM/PGDRM-X and FPRM Courses like the IIMs are able to do under the recent IIMs Act, 2017. As there can not be a separate act for IRMA this arrangement should fit the bill. It can be at par [ as the arrangement has been done for the IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management) under the IIMs Act,2017 ) and the FPRM of IRMA which has not been recognized yet will be easily recognized and get converted to Ph.D. and get duly recognized under this novel arrangement.

This article is appearing with my views on this subject here in my Blog, any of your friends and relatives (of the Readers) can also read freely, any of you (or any of them) having access to the Hon'ble Home Minister cum Minister of Co-operation of India, can convey this view to him in larger interest.


[ Dr. V. Kurien or Dr. Verghese Kurien, is popularly known as the "Milk Man of India " for his contributions to the Dairy Development ( steering the White Revolution of India with a world famous project named as "OPERATION FLOOD" in India benefiting millions of Farmers ( Dairy Farmers of India ), men and women. He started his career with "Amul" the World Famous Dairy Organization of India, was the Founder Chairman of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF, or Amul by popular brand name), he was the Founder Chairman of National Dairy Development Board ( NDDB )of India, and also the Founder Chairman of IRMA ( Institute of Rural Management, Anand ) of India, besides a host of other Organizations very popular in India those operated under his command and popular globally. This year 2021 is being celebrated as the Birth Centenary Year of Dr.V. Kurien 1921-2021 by various Organizations/ Institutions he had founded or was associated with. I have been placing some articles in my Blog here in memory and honour of him, the readers can also read those articles that exist here].  


About the Author : Dr. Nimain Charan  Biswal is a B.Sc.(Agri. Science and Technology), M.B.A. and Ph.D.(Management Area ) by qualifications and he has 35+ years of work experience in both  industrial and development sectors in diversified fields of social importance. He has been educated at Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT)-Bhubaneswar, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) and Gujarat University (with Resource Support of IIM-Ahmedabad). Dr.Biswal is further educated at IIM-Calcutta, XLRI-Jamshedpur, Apple Computer Industries and Spar Inc., USA. He has worked for reputed National and International Organisations in Senior/Top Management Capacities at Board level as well as Managing Director and CEO. He is a management expert covering extensive areas from management in agriculture, industrial management, development management to management of public systems. He is a prominent professional of India and known Internationally as well. He lives at Mumbai in India.




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  1. UnknownDecember 10, 2021 at 12:39 PM

    NDDB is the pioneer in many fields. Co-op university will be an excellent idea.

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