Who among the following is known as the father of India's Green Revolution?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → M. S. Swaminathan
M. S. Swaminathan (1925-2023), an agricultural scientist, is known as the father of India’s Green Revolution. He brought in and adapted the high-yielding varieties of wheat bred by Norman Borlaug, and later of rice, which together with irrigation and fertilisers raised India’s food-grain output sharply from the mid-1960s. He received the first World Food Prize in 1987 and the Bharat Ratna in 2024.