MS SWAMINATHAN HONOURED BY CANADIAN UNIVERSITY
Posted on: 04/Sep/2010 2:01:54 AM
Eminent agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan will be bestowed with an honorary doctorate by a premier Canadian university, recognizing the �power of one person to uplift an entire society,� and his contribution over the last 50 years to global food security.
The Edmonton-based University of Alberta will confer Dr. M S Swaminathan (85) with an honorary doctorate degree in science on October 7.
He will also deliver the Bentley Lecture in Sustainable Agriculture/Lester Pearson Memorial Lecture on the occasion.
�In recognition of his efforts, Swaminathan will receive a University of Alberta honorary doctor of science degree on October 7,� the University website reported.
