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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. V Praveen Rao, Vice-Chancellor of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), has won the seventh Dr MS Swaminathan Award for the period 2017-2019. He has been recognised for his contributions in the fields of agricultural research, teaching, extension and administration.

Detailed explanation-2: -Venkaiah Naidu presented the 7th M.S. Swaminathan Award to Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor V.

Detailed explanation-3: -He has been acclaimed by the Time Magazine as one of the twenty most influential Asians of the 20th Century, one of the three from India – the other two being Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. The first award was presented to Nobel Laureate for Peace, Dr. Norman E.

Detailed explanation-4: -Swaminathan won numerous international awards such as the 1994 UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize; the UNESCO Gandhi Gold Medal in 1999; the 1999 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development; and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award in 2000.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dr Paroda will be the first Indian scientist to receive this award.