Former NDDB chief Amrita Patel gets Mahindra lifetime achievement award
Dr Amrita Patel was conferred prestigious 2016 Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Award also known as the Krishi Shiromani Samman.
The award was bestowed upon her by Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh for her contribution in the field of agriculture and to increase productivity and rural prosperity.
Currently she is Chairman of Charutar Arogya Mandal. Earlier she had served as Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) from 1998 to 2014.
Dr Patel had played a pivotal role in the implementation of NDDB’s Operation Flood which was the world’s biggest dairy development program that had transformed India from a milk-deficient nation into the world’s largest milk producer by surpassing the USA in 1998.
The Operation Flood has helped to promote, finance and deliver variety of supporting services to a national cooperative dairy structure. It has directly and indirectly transformed the lives of millions of marginalised and small farmers and milk producers.
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Month: Current Affairs - March, 2016