M
S SWAMINATHAN GETS INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL INTEGRATION AWARD
Eminent agricultural
scientist M S Swaminathan, known as the father of Green Revolution, will be
conferred the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration, it was announced
today.
The Award for the year 2012 consisting of a citation
and Rs five lakh will be presented to the 88-year-old scientist by Congress
chief Sonia Gandhi at a function here on October 31, the death anniversary of
Indira Gandhi, Member Secretary of the award committee Motilal Vora said.
Aruna Asaf Ali, P N Haksar, M S Subbulakshmi, A P J Abdul Kalam and Shankar
Dayal Sharama are among some of the recipients of the Award which was also
given to Rajiv Gandhi posthmously.
Winner of many a award, Swaminathan has served as Director of the Indian
Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (1966-72), Director General of the
Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Secretary to the Government of
India, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (1972-79).
A plant geneticist by training, Professor Swaminathan's contributions to the agricultural
renaissance of India have led to his being widely referred to as the scientific
leader of the green revolution movement.
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