The person who is considered the College of Engineering's most impactful graduate, Verghese Kurien (1921-2012), known as the Milkman of India, was recently honored during a ceremony in the International Center.
Kurien, a 1948 mechanical engineering graduate, was the architect of India’s “white revolution,” which transformed the nation from being a milk-deficit country to the world’s biggest milk producer.
Leo Kempel, dean of the College of Engineering, said Kurien is an excellent example of Spartans Will.
“This engineering graduate may have transformed more lives than any other using a mindset of breaking up a problem, and solving it piece by piece,” Kempel said.
MSU International Studies and Programs, along with the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, dedicated a bust of the entrepreneur that is on display in the International Center lobby.
For more information, visit www.egr.msu.edu/news/2016/06/30/milkman-india.