Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced the award of the Bharat Ratna Award, India’s highest civilian award, to agricultural scientist Dr. Swaminathan, the father of India’s Green Revolution.
The award was also announced for former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh.
Prime Minister Modi wrote in his official account on It’s a great pleasure to contribute.” ‘Benefits. “
He further said that Dr. Swaminathan played a key role in helping India achieve agricultural self-reliance during difficult times and made outstanding efforts to modernize India’s agriculture.
“We also recognize his valuable work as an innovator and mentor and encourage studies and research among several students. Dr. Swaminathan’s visionary leadership not only transformed Indian agriculture but also ensured the country’s food security and prosperity . He is someone I know very well and I have always valued his insights and opinions,” he added.
Dr. Swaminathan passed away at his residence in Chennai on September 28 last year at the age of 98.
Here’s everything you need to know about Dr. MS Swaminathan
- Swaminathan played a key role in developing high-yield rice varieties, enabling Indian farmers to increase their yields.
- Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was born on August 7, 1925, with a vision to free the world from hunger and poverty. He is an advocate of sustainable development and biodiversity protection and is hailed as the “Father of Economic Ecology” by the United Nations Environment Program.
- After winning the first World Food Prize in 1987, Swaminathan established the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai.
- Swaminathan holds two B.A. One studied zoology and the other studied agricultural science, but after experiencing the Bengal Famine in 1943, he decided to pursue a career in agriculture. In 1960, when India faced massive food shortages, Ms. Swaminathan, along with Norman Borlaug and other scientists, developed HYV (high-yielding variety) wheat seeds.
- He served as Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research from 1972 to 1979 and as Director General of the International Rice Research Institute from 1982 to 1988. Swaminathan also served as principal secretary in the agriculture department in 1979.
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