Late Laxmanrao Inamdar Awards

Dr U S Awasthi born on 12 July 1945 in Uttar Pradesh, graduated in Chemical Engineering from Banaras Hindu University in 1967. He has been working as the Managing Director of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO) since February 1993. A visionary and true envoy of masses, he commands a leadership not merely in Indian Fertilizer Industry but is a respected name in the Global fertilizer world. IFFCO under his dynamic leadership has achieved laurels, where 55 million families are reaping the benefits of the toil of Dr Awasthi, year after year for last two and half-decade. He has never failed to provide the return on their investment in IFFCO. The thick and thins of the economy have not affected his resolve to do better than the previous year. He is the tallest coopera...

Shri Jethabhai Patel, Chairman of GCMMF (AMUL) is the 2nd recipient of Man Laxmanrao Inamdar Award, instituted by Sahakar Bharati. The award will be conferred on him in the 5th National Conference of Sahakar Bharati at Ahmedabad. Shri Jethbhai’s profile is as follows – Shri Jethabhai is the Chairman of GCMMF (AMUL). He is also Chairman of the Sabarkantha Milk Union (Sabar Dairy), a post he has held since 2010. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF), is India’s largest food product marketing organization with annual turnover (2014-15) US$ 3.4 billion. Its daily milk procurement is approx 14.85 million liters per day from 18,536 village milk cooperative societies, 17 member unions covering 31 districts, and 3.37 million milk producer members. It is the apex o...