PM Modi to Inaugurate Swaminathan Centenary Conference at ICAR Today

·  PM to confer the first M.S. Swaminathan Award for Food and Peace.

·  Theme: “Evergreen Revolution: The Pathway to Biohappiness”.

·  Global experts to discuss food security, climate justice, and equity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the M.S. Swaminathan Centenary International Conference today at ICAR-PUSA, New Delhi. He will address the gathering during the occasion and felicitate with the award of the first M.S. Swaminathan Award for Food and Peace.

The conference, which is set on the theme "Evergreen Revolution: The Pathway to Biohappiness," commemorates Professor M.S. Swaminathan's life-long crusade for food security for all.

According to Akashvani’s correspondent, the award has been instituted by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). It aims to honour individuals from developing nations who have significantly contributed to enhancing food security, promoting climate justice, and championing equity and peace for vulnerable and marginalised communities.

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The conference invites scientists, policymakers, and development specialists from across the world to share ideas on how to promote the values inherent in the central theme of the conference.

In an earlier today social media post, the Prime Minister observed the special significance of the event, marking the centenary of the birth anniversary of Dr. Swaminathan. He admired Dr. Swaminathan's international legacy of agricultural research and food security, hoping that the conference would give rise to fruitful insights around the notion of the Evergreen Revolution and the quest for "biohappiness".