Prof M S Swaminathan (August 7, 1925 - September 28, 2023)

Father of India's Green Revolution, Agronomy, Economic Ecology; Eminent Agricultural Scientist passes away at 98

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3rd Indian to be acclaimed by TIME magazine after Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore in 20C.

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List of Achievements

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Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute

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DG of ICAR & Secretary to Govt of India, Dept of Agricultural Research and Education

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Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture

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Chairman, UN Science Advisory Committee

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Independent Chairman, FAO Council

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Member of Science and Agriculture, Planning Commission

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DG, International Rice Research Institute, the Philippines

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President, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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World Wide Fund for Nature (India)

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President, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

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President, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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Chairman, National Commission on Farmers

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