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Father of India’s Green Revolution MS Swaminathan passes away: His life, contribution, accolades, milestones

IndiaTimes Thursday, 28 September 2023
The father of India’s Green Revolution, MS Swaminathan, who passed away in Chennai on Thursday, was an eminent agricultural scientist. He has won several prestigious awards for his remarkable works. Born in Kumbakonam on August 7, 1925, Swaminathan switched from studying medicine to the agricultural field after witnessing the Great Bengal Famine of 1943. ​He was the founder of MS Swaminathan Research Foundation.
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MS Swaminathan was a renowned Indian agricultural scientist and the driving force behind India's Green Revolution. He has passed away at the age of 98. Swaminathan was knows as the ‘Father of Economic Ecology’ by the United Nations Environment Programme, Swaminathan's pioneering work in the 1960s...

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