Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Royal Kingdom of Thailand visited Anand on March 07, 2007, with a high level delegation to study the Amul model of Co-operative Dairying which had transformed the lives of millions of people all over the country.

She held wide ranging discussions with Shri Parthibhai Bhatol, Chairman, Shri B. M. Vyas, Managing Director, Shri R. S. Sodhi, Chief General Manager, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation and Shri Rahul Kumar, Managing Director, Kaira Dist. Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union, at the GCMMF’s corporate office.

Earlier she was received at Amul Dairy by Shri Ramsinhbhai P. Parmar, Chairman and Shri Rahul Kumar, Managing Director, Kaira Dist. Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union and shown around the state of the art dairy plant. She also visited the Navli Village Dairy Co-operative Society. After her visit, she remarked “I am very impressed with the enterprise. I wish, I can improve the cooperative milk production in my country as you have.”