India, May 20 -- In a landmark moment for Indian science, noted scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), one of the world's highest scientific honours.

With the achievement, Dr Soumya Swaminathan and her late father, Bharat Ratna Prof M S Swaminathan, have become the first daughter-father duo from India to be elected Fellows of the Royal Society, the world's oldest scientific academy.

Prof M S Swaminathan is widely remembered as the architect of India's Green Revolution, credited for transforming the country's agricultural landscape and ensuring food security through sustainable scientific innovation.

Dr Soumya Swaminathan is also only the second Indian woman scientist in the Royal Society's...