Box MS-007 Box 98

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Folder includes certificate

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Brochure from the 199th Annual Commencement from Oregon State University

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Folder contains a brochure with a citation for all individuals awarded an honorary degree and Swaminathan's speech at the ceremony

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A copy of a certificate from the Asiatic Society

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Folder contains a citation for an award conferred on Swaminathan

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Press releases, brochures from the prize and press clippings

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Material submitted as part of nomination for Nobel Peace Prize

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Citation for the conferral of the Hiroshima Peace Award during his tenure as President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

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A booklet for the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration with citation for awardee

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Folder contains two first day covers with respective stamps. The first is the 1968 Wheat Revolution Stamp launched by Indira Gandhi to commemorate the success the Green Revolution. See also the photographic material in the collection that documents this event. The second is a first day cover commemorating the 2nd International Conference on Apiculture in Tropical Climate.

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Folder contains two photographs and a small card sent by John RA Cleaver

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Folder contains two photographs of Swaminathan at an honorary degree award ceremony in an unidentified university in Tamil Nadu. The third photograph is of a group of people standing in front of a Tamil sign which reads "M.S Swaminathan Road"

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Folder contains four photographs of Bruce Alberts and his wife participating in an MSSRF event to inaugrate knowledge centres in "Information Villages". Bruce Alberts and Swaminathan were colleagues at CGIAR. See also: MS-007-6-3-90-4 and MS-007-6-3-90-11

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Extract details Swaminathan's time at IARI and his involvement with experimental plots

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Various handwritten notes and poems in English, Hindi and Tamil; personal in tone, mostly undated, accompanying material for some notes attached and retained

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Folder contains invitations to the following events: Birbal Sahni Medal presentation ceremony on 5 January, 1966; a lecture at the American Library on 30 March, 1966; the Dr. Zakir Hussain Memorial Lecture on 22 August, 1970 and the Lal Bahadur Shastri Deshgaurav Saman on 3 October, 1992.

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Folder contains 8 greeting cards received from Swaminathan, some hand-made. Folder also includes one undated greeting card created by the Swaminathan family.

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A letter addressed with Swaminathan with a signed greeting card from Juan Carlos I

Scope and Contents Folder contains recommendation letters from The Local Scout Association in the Tanjore District, a letter of Swaminathan's appointment as a propogandist at the Office of the Director of Agriculture, letters from Agricultural College, Lawley Road, The Agricultural Engineering Society and IARI. The folder also includes a UNESCO offer letter and correspondence regarding a postdoctoral fellowship and position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Also seen in the folder is correspondence from...

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Folder contains degree certificates and official memoranda regarding examination and respective results from the University of Travancore, University of Madras, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madras College of Agriculture, Cambridge and the Ministry of Educations, Arts and Sciences.

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Letter signed by M, refers to Swaminathan's note to Agricultural Minister C. Subramanium sent by Randhawa and trip to Rome

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Folder contains material sent by Devaki Nandan Singh of the Bihar State Progressive Farmer's Association to Mina Swaminathan during the Swaminathans' stay in Manila - inlcuding a greeting card, a document with an appeal and clarification letter regarding material sent

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Diary has notes from a workshop and notes for physiotherapist

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Print media clippings from The Statesman, The Hindu Weekly magazine and The Hindu

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Photographs found in an envelope with the above title. Swaminathan photographed interacting with members of Tadlac. Event likely during his tenure at IRRI.

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Three photographs. The first two are of Swaminathan receiving the Padma Vibhushan from President Ramaswamy Venkataraman. The second photograph is a group photograph of all other Padma awardees. Also pictured in the photograph is Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, a Padma Sri awardee from the same year

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Folder contains a single photograph with Swaminathan's handwritten inscription which identifies the event as a meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin

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Three photographs from the Plenary Session. Includes a publication of the International Commission on Peace and Food with an article on the plenary session.

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Photographs of the attendees of the the Mangrove Workshop conducted in Thailand

Scope and Contents A collection of photographs found in two envelopes the first likely curated to include photographs of politicians visiting IARI. The first envelope housed the following photograph: a photograph of Indira Gandhi during the event launching the Wheat Production Commemorative Stamp of 1968 (likely a copy); an undated photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru at IARI (likely a copy) and three photographs of Sahib Singh Verma with Swaminathan. The second envelope has an inscription that reads: "Prof. MSS...

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Photographs of Swaminathan and Mina Swaminathan interacting with faculty and students at Wageningen University, Netherlands

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Photographs documenting the award ceremony where Swaminathan was designated as Commandeur of the Order of the Golden Ark.

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Folder contains one photograph in a World Food Programme folder with an inscription on the folder that identifies Swaminathan with Erthawin Cousin, Executive Director of the World Food Programme