Background
SWAMINATHAN., PH was born on August 7, 1925 in Tamil Nadu.
geneticist and international administrator
SWAMINATHAN., PH was born on August 7, 1925 in Tamil Nadu.
Travancore and Madras Universities, Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi and University of Cambridge.
Assistant Botanist, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack 1954. Assistant Cytogeneticist, Indian Agriculture Research Institute 1954-1956, Cytogeneticist 1956-1951, Director 1966-1972. Director-General Indian Council of Agriculture Research and Secretary to Government, of India, Department, of Agriculture Research and Education 1972-1979, Ministry of Agriculture 1979-1980.
President Institute Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources since 1984, National Academy, of Sciences.
Industry Chairman Food and Agriculture Organization Council. Chairman United Nations Advisory Committee on Science and Technical, for Development (Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development).
President Institute Federation Agriculture Research Systems for Development (IFARD), Society for Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania (SABRAO), Institute Bee Research Association, XV Institute Congress of Genetics, Institute Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (International Union for Conservation of Nature). Former President Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Indian Society of Nuclear Techniques in Agriculture and Biology, Indian Society of Agriculture Statistics, Nutrition Society of India, Indian Society of Agriculture Economics, Indian Society for Cotton Improvement.
Has held many other national and international consultative positions, et cetera
Fellow, Indian National Academy, Indian Academy, of Sciences.
Agriculture) Planning Commission 1980-1982. Royal Swedish Academy, of Agriculture and Forestry since 1983.
Married Mina Bhoothalingam Swaminathan.