An international consultation titled “ENSURING FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC” is organised at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai from 6 to 10 August 2021.

The Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru M K Stalin, presides and inaugurated the consultation on 6 August 2021 at 11 am in the Sambasivan Auditorium of MSSRF. Please find attached invites in English and Tamil.

Some of the important speakers to this event are Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, World Food Prize Laureate 2021, Prof. M S Swaminathan, Founder Chairman, MSSRF, Mr. Gernot Legenda, Chief of Climate Disaster Risk reduction Program, UN – World Food Programme, Bangkok, Dr. Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, Mr. N Ram, Chairman, The Hindu Group, Dr. Maximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist, FAO, Dr. Revati

Phalkey, Health and Climate Change Unit, Public Health England, Dr Maria Isabel Andrade, World Food Laureat, International Potato Center, Peru, Prof. Donald Bundy, London School of Hygiene nd Tropical Medicine, Dr Reetika Khera, Associate Professor, IIT, Delhi, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO, Dr Vinod L Paul, member, NITI Ayog, Tmt Supriya Sahu, IAS, principal Secretary to Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Dept. of Environment, Climate Change and Forests, Thiru C Samayamoorthy IAS, Agriculture Production Commissioner and secretary to Govt of Tamil Nadu, Department of Agriculture and farmers Welfare.

PFA press note (English | Tamil ), programme schedule of the conference and the invitation letter to the conference.

Media interviews with eminent experts and scientists attending the international consultation, will be arranged on request during the conference. Please contact Mr. Jitendra on Whatsapp/Signal/Telegram @9650-680-491 for the interviews.

Live Streaming>

Follow us on:

Facebook  Twitter  Youtube  Linkedin

#MSSRF2021  #MSSRFideas