Constitution

• The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was established in 1965 to promote, finance, and support dairy development in India. Under the leadership of Dr. Verghese Kurien, NDDB played a key role in Operation Flood, making India the world’s largest milk producer.
• The National Dairy Development Board—initially registered as a society under the Societies Act 1860—was merged with the erstwhile Indian Dairy Corporation, a company formed and registered under the Companies Act 1956, by an Act of India's Parliament, the National Dairy Development Board Act, 1987 (37 of 1987), with effect from 12 October 1987. The new body corporate was declared an institution of national importance under section 2 of the aforesaid Act.
• The general superintendence, direction, control, and management of NDDB's affairs and business vests with the Board of Directors.