Box MS-007 Box 94

Handwritten letter signed off as N.B, congratulates Swaminathan on the Honda prize, mentions Madhura Swaminathan

Correspondence regarding Swaminathan's appointment to the Board of Trustees of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust

Draft of a letter by Swaminathan intended for Uma Lele outlining the agenda for the meeting in Madras revolving around the Agenda 21 for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held at Rio

Letter to Swaminathan regarding a prior letter sent to Sinha from A.S Paintal, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, regarding a request for information on Swaminathan's discoveries on genetically superior strains of wheat and Swaminathan's response

Folder contains two letters: the first letter refers to a building at MSSRF being named "John and Alice Tyler Center" by Swaminathan, the second letter expresses declines invitation to participate

Invitation to Swaminathan to visit Chandigarh and informs Swaminathan that he has been nominated to the Haryana State Planning Board. Folder also includes notification of the same.

Correspondence regarding nomination form and handwritten notes for nomination form

Folder contains the following: a letter from Nikonov reflecting on the disintegration of the Soviet Union on VASKNIL (V.I. Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences) and Swaminathan's reply, a handwritten letter in Russian also likely on the state of agriculture, a letter to Nikonov from Swaminathan written on a Ford Foundation letterhead stating the strategies that Ford Foundation could implement in the USSR

Letter refers to previous letter sent by Swaminathan regarding UNDP assistance for indian agriculture

Letter refers to visit to Madras and an eco-horticulture training programme

Letter informing Swaminathan that Ganesan has passed away

Letter informing Swaminathan that he has been elected President of the Executive Council of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences for 1992-93, document listing members of the Executive Council and Swaminathan's reply

Letter from the President of the XV International Botanical Congress Tokyo informing Swaminathan that he has been appointed as Honorary Vice President of the Congress and Swaminathan's affirmative letter of acceptance of this role

Letter requesting Swaminathan for an oral history interview for the All India Radio archives and Swaminathan's affirmative response

Handwritten postcard with certificate

Folder contains: a cover letter from A. Lukyanenko from the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Delhi enclosing a letter from G.A Romanenko, letter from G.A Romanenko informs Swaminathan that in accordance with the decree of the president, a united Russian academy of agricultural science has been established, replacing VASKhNIL

Letter from the President of Guyana referring to the Commonwealth-Government of Guyana Iwokrama Rainforest Programme and the interim board for this project. Letter requests Swaminathan to serve as the chairman of the interim board of trustees

Correspondence regarding Swaminathan's professorship at Cornell

Letter informing Swaminathan that he has been included in the Indian delegation to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992

Correspondence regarding Swaminathan's attendance at the "Bologna-Nationes: India" symposium in September 1992. Folder includes letters from the Dean of Faculty of Agriculture in Bologna University, Gualtiero Baraldi and the Embassy of Italy in New Delhi

Correspondence regarding Swaminathan's retirement from the Board of Directors of the National Organic Chemical Industries Limited

Correspondence regarding Swaminathan being appointed as one of four executors of Rosalind May Wilson's last will and testament

Letter sent to the Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister with an enclosed memorandum on suggestions on the development of an effective policy formulation and oversight mechanism for science and technology

Letter from Queen Noor of Jordan to Swaminathan referring to King Jordan's absence from the meeting of the International Commission on Peace and Food and reports from this meeting

Folder contains: letter from September 15, 1992 acknowledging Swaminathan's acceptance to be an academic advisor of the Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering; Letter from October 13, 1992 from Zhou Guangshan (President of Chinese Academy of Sciences) referring to Qianxian Biovillage in Yuanshi Country, Hebei Province with thanks Swaminathan for sending a delegation of scientists consisting of S. Rajaram, Vineeta Hoon, E. Agergaard and K. Nair

Letter acknowledging Swaminathan's absence from the World Wildlife Fund Annual Conference

Letter from Jiro noting Swaminathan's visit to Japan and Swaminathan's handwritten letter replying to Kondo

Letter to the Dr. Bystrom based at the Natural Resource Management Division of the Swedish International Development Authority informing her about the activities of the N.I Vavilov Research and Training Centre for Community Involvement in the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Biodiversity and enclosed report

Letter from Secretary of State Planning Commission with enclosed orders of the government regarding extending Swaminathan's tenure as part-time of the State Planning Commission. Also included in folder is Swaminathan's reply with an attached copy of the Magna Charta of Universities

Handwritten letter to Swaminathan from Japan, with an envelope with stamps, referring to meeting Swaminathan in Japan and interview with him

Letter refers to the following: nomination of Mostafa Tolba for the Blue Planet Prize and the following inviduals: Prof. Oza, Arthur Westing, World Council For The Biosphere, M.G.K Menon and Martin Holdgate

Letter from the General President of the Indian Science Congress Association informing Swaminathan that he has been conferred the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award

Letter from Swaminathan to Trotz, along with a nomination form for the UNEP Sasakawa Prize and a CV for the prize

Handwritten letter of apology from the Associate Editor of the Hindu expressing regret at an omission in a printed article. Sender also refers to a reparative action discussed with Mina Swaminathan

Letter requesting Swaminathan to host a programme for 2-3 weeks referred to as "college" by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics on the recommendation of scientist Abdus Salam on topics related to plant biology

Folder contains letter from Emeka Anyaoku, Office of the Commonwealth Secretary General; from Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana; J.N Dixit of the Ministry of External Affairs and P.V Narasimha Rao

Folder contains: a letter from Gorbachev referring to the end of the Cold War and the possibilities of collaboration between the International Commission on Peace and Food and the Gorbachev Foundation through the conference on "New Perspectives for the Transition of Russian Agriculture". Folder also contains a copy of the same letter in Russian

Folder contains the following: Letter sent by Speth to various addresses, including Swaminathan, announcing his appointment as the new head of UNDP. This letter contains a handwritten note to Swaminathan. Also included in the folder is a UNDP press release of Speth's appointment and a second letter dated 31 August 1994 which refers to the release of the Report of the International Commission on Peace and Food and offers congratulations to Swaminathan for the Sasakawa Prize

Letter from a member of staff the Biotechnology Centre at IARI informing Swaminathan of his upcoming retirement

Folder contains a letter thanking Swaminathan for the opportunity to translate the book "From Stockholm To Rio" to Japanese. Letter also mentions Taketoshi Udagawa and Takeko Ieda.

Letter informing Swaminathan that he has been nominated as a Member of the National Environmental Council. A copy of the order constituting the Council also enclosed in the folder

Letter from Swaminathan's former student at IARI, informing Swaminathan that he has been awarded a National Institute of Health grant for 10 years to research yeast molecular biology and molecular genetics and requesting Swaminathan for recommendations for postgraduate students

Letter requesting permission from Swaminathan to name the main street of a model bio-village in Tirunelveli District as "Vinggnani M.S Swaminathan Salai". Also see photograph of event of "MS Swaminathan Road"

Letters around Swaminathan's nomination to The Blue Planet and related documents

Letter from the CEO of Phyton Catalytic to Swaminathan recalling the latter's visit. Folder includes a document outlining points of collaboration between Phyton Inc and MSSRF and a related Non-Disclosure Agreement

Letters written during Diouf's transition from Ambassador of Senegal to the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization, farmers' rights and the World Food Summit

Letter informing Swaminathan that IUCN Council has proposed his name to the 19th Session of the IUCN General Assembly in Buenos Aires for Honorary Membership

Letter thanking Swaminathan for his condolence message on learning about J.R.D Tata's death

Handwritten letter reflecting on time spent at MSSRF

Letter thanking Swaminathan for an invitation to participate in the Dialogue on Breeders' and Farmers' Rights and for his help in re-stablishing link between the trust fund and Gus Speth. Letter also mentions UNEP, CGIAR, Stripe Panel. The letter contains a handwritten note from Shands stating that he will be sending Swaminathan some material via Melab Mengesha

Letter informing Swaminathan that he has been appointed as a Corresponding Member of Academia dei Georgofili and Swaminathan's reply. Folder also contains a letter from July 1994 with a decree from the Academia dei Georgofili

Letters regarding visit to Madras, "Renewal of CGIAR" meeting held at Lucerne, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

Letter addressed to "Shri Giri" requesting that MS Swaminathan be appointed as a National Professor in agriculture

Letter from project leader at the Natural Resources Institute referring to the dialogue of Plant Breeders' and Farmers' Rights

Letter from the Assistant Director-General of FAO on interdisciplinary dialogue titled "Methodologies for Recognizing the Role of Informal Innovation in the Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources" and potential for collaboration

A copy of a fax sent from St. Anthony's College regarding Swaminathan's work on drafting a legal code on intellectual property rights and biogenetic resources

Letter in praise of MSSRF's activities, refers to Panchayati Raj intiative

Copy of a letter conferring an honorary degree on Swaminathan

Letter thanking Swaminathan for his chairmanship of the National Population Policy. Also see folders containing Draft Population Policy.

A fax from Brie-Jackson to Swaminathan with a message from Rosalyn Carter, folder also includes Swaminathan response reflecting on the end of his time at the International Commission for Peace and Food

Correspondence between Tenny and Swaminathan on retirement age and wishes for the Sasakawa Prize

Letter from Swaminathan to General Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, thanking him for a copy of a letter sent by the General regarding consumption patterns of nations

Letter informing Swaminathan that he has been awarded the Asian Productivity Organization Regional Award 1995. Folder also includes Vol XXIV No. 8 of the monthly newsletter published by organization and a brochure for the APO Awards Ceremony

Letter informing Swaminathan that he has been elected to the rank of a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Folder also contains a certificate and a 1994 brochure of the AAAS

Letter from the Executive Director of UNFPA thanking Swaminathan for his support for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)

Folder contains: a letter from the President of the Keystone Center informing Swaminathan that he has been elected to the Keystone Center Board of Trustees; Swaminathan's reply and a document outlining the trustees and their details

Letter informing Swaminathan that he has been elected as a Fellow by the Executive Committee of the World Academy of Art and Science and Swaminathan's response

Folder contains letters to Yu Nakamura of the Asahi Glass Foundation from Keith A Bezanson, Jian Song, Michael M. Gucovsky and Federico Mayor nominating Swaminathan for the Blue Planet Prize. Folder also includes a letter from Ashok Khosla to Norman Meyers confirming that he has nominated Swaminathan as well.

A letter from Ambassador Robert O Blake praising Swaminathan for his involvement in the 1994 Center's Week and Swaminathan's response sent in December 1994

Handwritten letter sent from Colombo thanking Swaminathan for his help in normalizing relations with IIMI and noting his speech delivered in San Francisco, folder also includes Swaminathan's response

Correspondence regarding CABI functions held at India Hall and Nehru Hall

Folder contains a letter from Swaminathan to Mary King at Global Action, Inc, thanking her for a letter she wrote to Federico Mayor and referencing an upcoming meeting with Queen Noor of Jordan. King's letter to Mayor is also included in the folder and refers to the need of a UNESCO endowed chair at MSSRF along with a document outlining MSSRF.

Folder contains: a letter from Roberto Lenton, Director of the International Irrigation Management Institute, thanking Swaminathan's work as member of the Board, Swaminathan's reply and a letter from Leslie Swindale, Chair of the Board

Letter informing Swaminathan that he has been elected as a Fellow of The Linnean Society of London

Folder contains correspondence sent to Swaminathan on the occassion of his 70th birthday from the following individuals: P.V Narasimha Rao, Sir Ralph Riley, R. Venkataraman, M.C Jayaraman, Hans-C von Sponeck, James Gustave Speth. Folder also contains a document titled "List of Messages"

Letter from the Managing Director of the Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (Coimbatore) Limited reflecting on the Green Revolution and inviting Swaminathan to access treatment at the fully fledged Ayurvedic College Hospital and Nursing Home and Swaminathan's response

Letter informing Swaminathan has been conferred the Award for National Integration instituted in the name of Rajiv Gandhi and sponsored by Indian Bank and Idhayam Pesukirathu and Swaminathan's response

Letter to Venkitaramanan from Swaminathan regarding his address at the Fertilizer Association of India. Folder also includes a document with handwritten annotations on Venkitaramanan's address (likely not Swaminathan's handwriting) and a copy of the final keynote address at the Fertilizer Association of India delivered in December 1995

Folder contains letters sent to Prem Jauhar from Kenneth J. Frey, Robert C Shearman and Norman Borlaug in support of Swaminathan's honorary membership to the Crop Science Society of America. Also included is a letter from Bruce Maunders informing Swaminathan of his membership, Swaminathan's response and a copy from a publication outlining other honorary members

Folder contains letters of congratulations on MSSRF winning the Blue Planet Prize from K.R Narayan, Vice President of India; Jacques Diouf from the Food and Agriculture Organization and Song Jiang from the State Science and Technology Commission of China with corresponding replies from Swaminathan. Folder also contains a media release for the prize

A letter sent from John C Topping, Jr. to members of the board, advisors to the Climate Institute and winners of the Climate Institute Awards, letter mentions Swaminathan as a winner of the Climate Institute Awards and describes Swaminathan as an "ideal candidate" for the Nobel Prize. Folder also includes a brochure for 9th Annual Awards Banquet. The correspondence from August and September 1996 revolves around the Washington Summit on Protection of the World's Climate.

Letter sent to Swaminathan requesting for a meeting to discuss work at Tata Company in the field of agricultural inputs and fertilizers, letter reflects on an article sent by Swaminathan to 'Tatler' magazine in 1968 and enclosing a copy of the article. Swaminathan's reply also included

Letter wishing Swaminathan for his birthday

Letter from the Commonwealth Secretary General inviting Swaminathan to serve as the Chairman of the Board for an intial period of three years as provided in Article 11.2 of the Iwokrama Agreement

Letter from the founder trustee of The Gupta Foundation thanking Swaminathan for accepting the Gupta Award and for his stay in Eluru

Letters on 2nd International Crop Science Congress, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - CGIAR. Also included is a copies of emails exchanged

Handwritten letter to Swaminathan recalling various life events and thanking Swaminathan for guidance

Folder contains the following: letter from the Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) informing Swaminathan that he would like to nominate him for the 1998 Japan Prize; a reply from Swaminathan from 6 February 1997, a letter from Swaminathan from 29 March 1997 and forms related to the prize including handwritten notes by Swaminathan

Folder contains letters on themes ranging from visit to India, General Olesegun Obasanjo's return to the Ford Foundation, trustee meetings, lack of funding from the Foundation for Student Pugwash and holiday greetings

A handwritten letter of congratulations recalling Swaminathan's achievements and Swaminathan's reply

Folder contains: a letter in French from Phillipe Vasseur, Ministry of Agriculture of France and Swaminathan's corresponding reply; a letter from Yves de Ricaud from the Embassy of France in India and Swaminathan's corresponding reply; a brochure from the award and visiting cards

Folder contains the following: letter from Ashri nominating Swaminathan for the Wolf Prize, Swaminathan's reply, forms related to The Wolf Prize, handwritten notes provided by Swaminathan for the prize and list of references

Letter from the Vice Minister of the State Science and Technology Commission of China thanking Swaminathan for sending a letter of condolence for the passing of Deng Nan's father, Deng Xiao-Ping