Teachers' Day or Shikshak Divas marks the birthday of the country's first Vice President (1952-1962) who went on to become the second President of India (1962-1967), a scholar, philosopher, Bharat Ratna awardee, Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan.
Union minister of home affairs and minister of cooperation Amit Shah on Monday assigned homegrown dairy giant - Amul and the country's national dairy board - the National Dairy Development Board - the task to make India self-reliant in manufacturing dairy machinery.