Correct Answer: Verghese Kurien

Solution : The correct answer is Verghese Kurien .

Initiated in 1970, Operation Flood, led by India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and chaired by Verghese Kurien, founder of Amul, stands as the world's most extensive dairy development effort. Over three decades, it effectively doubled the per capita availability of milk and transformed dairy farming into India's primary self-sustainable rural employment source. Appointed by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Verghese Kurien earned recognition as the visionary behind Operation Flood, earning him the title "Father of Operation Flood". He was also known as the "architect of Operation Flood".