Swaminathan

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Indian surname agricultural scientist geneticist person plant breeder surname

Swaminathan is an Indian surname most prominently associated with M. S. Swaminathan, the agricultural scientist known as the father of India’s Green Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
Swaminathan canonical 3

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian surname ⓘ
agricultural scientist ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ
person ⓘ
plant breeder ⓘ
surname ⓘ
awardReceived Albert Einstein World Science Award ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
Ramon Magsaysay Award ⓘ
surface form: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership

World Food Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-08-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-09-28 ⓘ
derivedFrom Sanskrit name "Swaminatha" ⓘ
educatedAt Indian Agricultural Research Institute ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Madras ⓘ
University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
fieldOfWork agricultural science ⓘ
food security ⓘ
plant genetics ⓘ
founded M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation ⓘ
fullName Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan ⓘ
hasNotableBearer M. S. Swaminathan ⓘ
hasSurname Swaminathan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
knownFor development and spread of high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice in India ⓘ
leadership in India’s Green Revolution ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Sanskrit ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
memberOf Indian National Science Academy ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
nickname father of India’s Green Revolution ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kumbakonam ⓘ
surface form: Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India
placeOfDeath Chennai ⓘ
surface form: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
positionHeld Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research ⓘ
International Rice Research Institute ⓘ
surface form: Director General of the International Rice Research Institute

Member of Rajya Sabha ⓘ
Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India ⓘ
usedByCommunity Tamil people ⓘ
usedByReligion Hindus ⓘ
usedInCountry India ⓘ

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Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan → familyName → Swaminathan ⓘ
Sambasivan → familyName → Swaminathan ⓘ
subject surface form: Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
Swaminathan → hasSurname → Swaminathan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: M. S. Swaminathan