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M.S. Swaminathan
October 1 , 2023
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- Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, popularly known as M.S. Swaminathan passed away recently.
- He is the legendary agricultural scientist and a key architect of the country’s ‘Green Revolution.’
- In 1954, Dr. Swaminathan joined the Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack and later, IARI.
- In July 1966, he became IARI Director, the post he held till 1972.
- He worked as Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture (1979-80), Acting Deputy Chairman and later Member (Science and Agriculture), Planning Commission (1980-82) and Director General, International Rice Research Institute, the Philippines (1982-88).
- In 2004, Swaminathan was appointed as chair of the National Commission on Farmers, a commission setup to look into farmer distress amid alarming suicide cases.
- He was awarded the first World Food Prize in 1987.
- Swaminathan has been conferred with the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan.
- He is also the recipient of the H K Firodia award, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award and the Indira Gandhi Prize.
- Apart from several international awards including the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1971) and the Albert Einstein World Science Award (1986).
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