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  2. Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (7 August 1925 – 28 September 2023) was an Indian agronomist, agricultural scientist, geneticist, administrator and humanitarian. [1] Swaminathan was a global leader of the green revolution. [2]

  3. 5 days ago · M.S. Swaminathan was an Indian geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India’s “Green Revolution,” a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers. Swaminathan, the son of a surgeon, was educated.

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  4. Feb 9, 2024 · Bharat Ratna MS Swaminathan: Father of Green Revolution who made India food surplus. The award, which is India's highest civilian honor, posthumously recognises Dr. Swaminathan's instrumental role in ushering in the Green Revolution and steering the country towards self-sufficiency in food production. Listen to Story. Advertisement.

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  5. Sep 28, 2023 · M.S. Swaminathan, the eminent crop geneticist who fused plant breeding science with keen administrative skills to produce bountiful harvests that ended famine and steadily transformed India...

  6. Soumya Swaminathan (born 2 May 1959) is an Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist known for her research on tuberculosis and HIV. [1] . From 2019 to 2022, she served as the chief scientist at the World Health Organization under the leadership of Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. [2] .

  7. Sep 28, 2023 · Dr. Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, or M.S. Swaminathan, is known as the “Father of the Green Revolution in India”, for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing...

  8. Sep 28, 2023 · Known as the Father of India’s Green Revolution, renowned agricultural scientist Dr. M. S Swaminathan passed away at his residence in Chennai on Thursday, following age-related...