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A world scientists of rare distinction and a living legend Professor M.S. Swaminathan obtained his Ph.D. in Agriculture from University of Cambridge. He has had a distinguished research, teaching, and administrative career at the Indian Agricultural research Institute (IARI); Director general of Indian Council of Agricultural research (ICAR); Secretary Agriculture, Government of India; Director General, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Currently, he is Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai (Madras) and President, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi and Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Recipient of Numerous national and International awards (Including the first World Food Prize in 1987), fifty-five honorary doctorate degrees from around the world, Author of over three hundred research papers and several books, the Time magazine ranked Professor Swaminathan among the twenty most influential Asians of the 20th century.