Father of India's 'Green Revolution,' MS Swaminathan, dies at 98
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Padma Vibhushan awardee and renowned agricultural scientist Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan died on Thursday morning at the age of 98 in Chennai. Known as the "Father of the Green Revolution" in India and by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as the "Father of Economic Ecology," Swaminathan was a renowned agronomist and plant geneticist whose contributions to the country's agricultural sector are recognized globally.
