Recalling the works of Swaminathan, Ramesh, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP said, "It was because of him that Indira Gandhi created the Department of Agricultural Research and Education in April 1972. Keeping in view the imperatives for ecological sustainability, he was the first to call for the Green Revolution to become what he called an EverGreen Revolution." MS Swaminathan Dies: Congress Mourns Death of Agricultural Scientist and Father of ‘Green Revolution’ in India.