On MS Swaminathan being conferred the Bharat Ratna, former Chief Scientist and former Deputy Director General at the WHO and daughter of MS Swaminathan, Dr Soumya Swaminathan says, "I am sure that he would have also been happy if the news had come during his lifetime. But he was never somebody who worked for awards or waited for recognition. He was motivated more by the results of what he did on the ground."
