Tag: MS Swaminathan

The mood is sombre at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai. Its iconic founder and celebrated agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan passed away on September 28 at the age of 98. Many dignitaries and scores of people whose lives he touched are streaming into the large hall, where his body lies, with garlands to pay homage. The TN Chief Minister MK Stalin is expected to arrive soon as well. It’s very hard to walk in the footsteps of someone like MS Swaminathan, says Soumya Swaminathan  It’s very hard to...