M. S. Swaminathan
Former Member of Rajya Sabha
M. S. Swaminathan is the founder chairman of the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. He studied at the Plant Breeding Institute, University of Cambridge. ... Google Books
Born: August 7, 1925, Kumbakonam, India
Died: September 28, 2023 (age 98 years), Chennai, India
Full name: Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
Education: ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute (1947–1949), University College Thiruvananthapuram (1940–1944), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, and more
Spouse: Mina Swaminathan (m. 1955–2022)
Books
Combating Hunger and Achieving Food Security
2015
Major Flowering Trees of Tropical Gardens
2019
Science and Sustainable Food Security: Selected Papers of M S Swaminathan
2009
Agriculture, Food Security, Nutrition and the Millennium Development Goals [in Chinese]
2005
Second Agricultural Science Congress: Proceedings
1993
Hunger and poverty: the role of biodiversity
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Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (7 August 1925 – 28 September 2023) was an Indian agronomist, agricultural scientist, geneticist, administrator and humanitarian ...
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