Dr. Deepa Jaganathan, working as Post-Doctoral Fellow (SERB-DST) in MSSRF, recieved the Young Scientist Award at the Indian Plant Science Congress held at SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu (23-25 January 2019).

The Fisher Friend Mobile Application (Fisher Friend) is an Android based application available in 9 regional languages of Coastal India, that has been used for providing access to all relevant information and knowledge related to fishing to the small craft fishers.

MSSRF invites you for a Millennium Lecture on ‘Vedanta Today' delivered by Dr Karan Singh, Former Rajya Sabha Member for National Capital Territory of Delhi, at the Sambasivan Auditorium in MSSRF on Thursday, 28th February, 2019 at 11.30 a.m.

A three volume set of encyclopedia covering three core areas, Agro-Ecosystems, Rural Development and Education Extension authored by Prof Debabrata Dasgupta was released by Prof MS Swaminathan, founder of MS Swaminathan Research Foundation at the premises of MSSRF, who has written the foreword for all the three volumes. The book is published by Jodhpur, Rajasthan-based publisher, AGROBIOS (India).

In the face of climate change events, strong communities are the basis for better resilience, said Prof Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, New Library of Alexandria at the Millennium Lecture held at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation today.

MSSRF invites you to attend a Millennium Lecture on 'Building Resilience in the face of coming Natural and Socio-Economic Shocks' by Dr Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Library of Alexandria, Former Vice President, World Bank and Former Chairman, CGIAR, at the Sambasivan Auditorium of MSSRF on Friday, 15th February, 2019 at 11.30 a.m.

“A new paradigm is necessary to solve the agrarian crisis in a sustainable manner,” said Mr. S Raghavan, former Director of Indian Oil Corporation (IBP unit), at a seminar held at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation today.

The interim budget obviously cannot introduce new schemes. Therefore the Finance Minister’s statement largely summed up all the steps taken during the last four years to help farmers and farming.

A memorial tribute was paid today to the profound sociologist Professor Staffan Lindberg at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai.

The kick-off meeting of DBT-BIRAC funded project on food based nutritional security for malnourished rural households through capacity building and establishment of nutri-gardens took place at MSSRF HQ in Chennai on 23rd January, 2019.

The science of gene editing is making very rapid progress. The late Sir T S Venkatraman once told me that man is becoming Brahma or God of Creation.

“Using hydroponics technology is as easy as making a cup of tea”, said Mr Pradeep Thaker, Managing Director, Thaker AgroTek, at a seminar held in M S Swaminathan Research Foundation on January 25, 2019.