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Swaminthan gets honorary doctorate from Canadian university
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Friday, 17 September, 2010, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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Another honour for M S Swaminathan. The father of India's Green Revolution will be bestowed an honorary doctorate by a premier Canadian University, recognising the "power of one person to uplift an entire society" and his contribution over the last 50 years to global food security.
The Edmonton-based University of Alberta will confer the 85-year-old Swaminathan with an honorary doctor of science degree on October 7, when he will also deliver the Bentley Lecture in Sustainable Agriculture/Lester Pearson Memorial Lecture.
"In recognition of his efforts over the last half- century, Swaminathan will receive a University of Alberta honorary doctor of science degree on October 7," the University website reported.
Alberta University Chancellor Linda Hughes said, “Swaminathan's legacy reminds all of us of the power of one person to uplift an entire society."
“Swaminathan, who will be speaking on ''Food Safety and Security in an Era of Climate Change” is a pioneer of the Green Revolution and leader in India when it comes to science and technology,” said Nat Kav, associate dean of the University of Alberta Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences.
"His contributions have been in the areas of science, in plant breeding and genetics, followed by taking that science to the level of the farmer and being concerned about gender equity and being concerned about the poorest of the poor and that's what I think makes him stand out," said Kav.
Swaminathan created an agricultural revolution in India in the 1960s, when he pioneered techniques to crossbreed a dwarf Mexican seed with Japanese seeds and local Indian varieties of wheat.
As head of the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines for seven years, Swaminathan and his colleagues then used the same techniques to modify rice seeds with similar results.
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