Milma chairman Balan Master, 74, useless

P A Balan Master, Chairman, Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (KCMMF) or Milma, died right here on Saturday. He was 74. Master was present process remedy for cerebral haemorrhage for the previous one month.
A local of Avinissery in Thrissur, Master is survived by his spouse and two youngsters.
A founding chief of Milma, Master had been energetic within the co-operative sector of the state for over 4 a long time.

Serving because the director of KCMMF and its regional unions for the previous 30 years, Master performed a lead position within the progress of Milma as a dairy main of the nation, having a community of over 3,000 main co-operatives throughout the state with 1,000,000 dairy farmers affiliated to them.
His dedication and imaginative and prescient had contributed in turning Milma into one among largest co-operative establishments with a turnover of Rs 3000 crore, an announcement issued by Milma mentioned.
He was Chairman of KCMMF for a interval of 5 years.
As vice-president of Kerala Karshaka Congress, he additionally served as chairman, Ernakulam Regional Union, for 2 phrases.
He was a instructor by career.
His expertise, empathy and managerial expertise got here in useful to steer Milma by the challenges in the course of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

He was standard within the dairy sector as he was the President of Milk Societies Association and a member of the State Cooperative Union.
Before the formation of Milma, he was Director of Thrissur District Milk Supply Union.