{"id":31151,"date":"2023-09-04T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T02:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31151"},"modified":"2025-04-16T09:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T04:10:01","slug":"ms-swaminathan-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ms-swaminathan-award\/","title":{"rendered":"What is M S Swaminathan Award?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About M S Swaminathan Award<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It was<strong> instituted in 2004<\/strong> with the objective\u00a0<strong>to recognize the lifetime contributions of eminent persons who have made great impacts<\/strong> and outstanding contributions\u00a0<strong>to agricultural research and development\u00a0<\/strong>and to the overall food security and sustainability of agriculture, with special reference to India.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>named after the doyen of Indian Agriculture, Prof. M.S. Swaminathan<\/strong>, Chairman, M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai.<\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>biennial award constituted by<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>the Retired Indian Council of Agricultural Research Employees Association (RICAREA) and Nuziveedu Seeds Limited (NSL).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The award\u00a0<strong>carries a Cash prize of Rs.2 lakhs\u00a0<\/strong>(Rupees Two Lakhs only),\u00a0<strong>a Medal, and a Citation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The award is open to all, irrespective of his\/her nationality.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Who was M S Swaminathan?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, often referred to as Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, i<strong>s a renowned Indian agricultural scientist and geneticist.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Green Revolution in India:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>He is often referred to as the\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Father of the Green Revolution in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>His research and work in crop breeding, particularly for wheat and rice, l<strong>ed to the development of high-yielding varieties that significantly increased agricultural productivity<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This Green Revolution\u00a0<strong>helped India overcome food shortages\u00a0<\/strong>and played a crucial role in the country&#8217;s agricultural transformation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In recognition of his outstanding contributions, he was\u00a0<strong>awarded the first World Food Prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award<\/strong> and many other national and international honors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the Green Revolution?<\/h3>\n<p>The Green Revolution refers to a series of agricultural advancements and innovations that took place in the mid-20th century, primarily between the 1940s and the 1970s. These innovations aimed to significantly increase agricultural productivity and food production worldwide, particularly in developing countries. The term &#8220;Green Revolution&#8221; was coined by William Gaud, an agricultural scientist, in 1968.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/nation\/in-other-news\/030923\/ars-principal-scientist-dr-p-v-satyanarayana-honoured-with-dr-ms-swa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>ARS principal scientist Dr. P V Satyanarayana Honoured with Dr. MS Swaminathan Award<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M S Swaminathan Award was instituted in 2004 to recognize the lifetime contributions of eminent persons who have made great impacts in the field of Agriculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}