5 Quotes & Sayings By Verghese Kurien

Dr. Verghese Kurien is a world renowned author, social worker, and the pioneer of the modern-day kharif crop revolution in India. In 1980, Dr. Kurien was honored with the Padma Shri Award from the Government of India Read more

In 1998, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan from the Indian government for this exceptional contribution to society. He has also won several international awards for his outstanding achievements.

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In India, all along, development as a process was always affected from the top down style of functioning. Naturally, because along with our freedom we had inherited a bureaucracy, which was designed by the British to rule, not to serve. The British way of doing things had always been to get things done through a government department and after independence we Indians merely continued this system. Verghese Kurien
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Any sensible government must learn to unleash the energy of its people and get them to perform instead of trying to get a bureaucracy to perform. Verghese Kurien
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I realised, in all humility, that chosing to lead one kind of life means putting aside the desire to pursue other option. Verghese Kurien
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A person who does not have respect for time, and does not have a sense of timing, can achieve little. Verghese Kurien