Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (born 7 August 1925) is an Indian
geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India's
Green Revolution a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers. Swaminathan is known as "Indian Father of Green Revolution" for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India. He is the founder and chairman of the
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. His stated vision is to rid the world of hunger and poverty. Swaminathan is an advocate of moving India to
sustainable development, especially using environmentally
sustainable agriculture, sustainable
food security and the preservation of
biodiversity, which he calls an "evergreen revolution."