Background
Mina Swaminathan was born in New Delhi.
secretary author agricultural scientist
Mina Swaminathan was born in New Delhi.
Mina Swaminathan is married to Indian Agricultural Scientist, and "Father of Green Revolution" Master of Surgery Swaminathan, whom she met in 1951 while they were both studying at Cambridge.
As a teacher at Saint Thomas’s School, New Delhi, she developed methods using drama in education and language learning, both inside and outside the classroom. In children's drama, she has developed techniques for creative improvisation, and in writing and production of documentary mime plays. She earned her Master of Arts(Cantab) in 1961 Economics from Cambridge University and her Master of Arts(English) in 1958 from Punjab University, earned her Bachelor of Education in 1956 from Central Institute of Education and Bachelor of Arts(Honours) in 1953, Cambridge University and her Bachelor of Arts(Honours) in 1951 from Delhi University.
As Chairperson of the Study Group on the Development of the pre-school child, she submitted the report to the Advisory Board of Education which formed the basis of the scheme later known as Integrated Child Development Services.
Mistress She was a Consultant to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Early Childhood Care and Education, as well as to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund when she undertook assignments in Vietnam and Kampuchea. She is also part of the board of trustees in the non-profit M. South. Research Foundation (MSSRF) based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Her publications include manuals for teachers and day care worlers on care and education of children below six, a study of day care for poor working women in India Fellowships/.
She has been Secretary and later President of the Indian Association for Pre-school Education, as well as Editor of its journal, and a Member of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE).
