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100			_aJayakumar, Priyambada
245			_aM. S. Swaminathan: _bthe man who fed India
260			_aNew Delhi: _bHarperCollins; _cc2025.
300			_axlvi, 276p.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical and reference index.
520			_aThis remarkable and moving biography captures the life and times of this extraordinary hero, tracing his life from his childhood in Kumbakonam and his early introduction to agriculture and his eventual association with Nobel laureate, Norman Borlaug, which ultimately led to the Green Revolution. The book also takes an attentive look at all the various roles he deftly juggled in his long and illustrious career–that of a conservationist, an ardent feminist, a technocrat, a lifelong Gandhian, a philosopher, a diplomat and a celebrated institution builder–both in India and abroad.
650			_aAgricultural scientist _xBiography _zIndia
650			_aGreen revolution _zIndia
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