MS Swaminathan Research Foundation

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The M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) is a nonprofit NGO trust based in Chennai, India. It develops and promotes strategies for economic growth that directly target increased employment of poor women in rural areas. Their methods maximize the use of science and technology for equitable and sustainable social development and environmental stability. The MSSRF logo signifies continuity and change, invoking the DNA model of open-ended, many-sided, and continuous evolution.

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"Be the change you want to bring about."

- Mahatma Gandhi

History[edit]

MSSRF was founded in 1988 by Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, who is chairman of the foundation. In 1970, C.V. Raman, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist, urged Swaminathan to start an autonomous research center to realize his goals of sustainable development, which he now terms the "Evergreen Revolution". In 1988, after receiving the World Food Prize, Swaminathan used the US$200,000 prize to start the MSSRF. Swaminathan also currently holds the UNESCO Chair in Ecotechnology and is chairman of the National Commission on Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security of India.^[1]

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MSSRF operates in five major program areas — Coastal Systems Research, Biodiversity and Biotechnology, Ecotechnology and Food security, Gender and development, and Informatics.^[2]

References[edit]

↑ M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, about us Archived 2007-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Gopalkrishnan Gita (2000), M.S. Swaminathan - "One Man’s Quest for a Hunger-Free World", Education Development Center, Inc "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, about us Archived 2007-02-04 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Gopalkrishnan Gita (2000), M.S. Swaminathan - "One Man’s Quest for a Hunger-Free World", Education Development Center, Inc "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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