Agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan tells Forbes India why India needs an independent regulatory authority for GM research
M.S. Swaminathan
Age: 85
Title: Member of Parilament, Rajya Sabha; Chairman of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
Career: Scientific leader of the Green Revolution; Co-chairman of the UN Millennium Task Force on Hunger between 2002 and 2005
Interests: Gardening and cricket
(This story appears in the 05 March, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)