M S Swaminathan Research Foundation is a non-profit research organization and was established in 1988. M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) has all along been developing and following a pro-nature, pro-poor, pro-women and pro-sustainable on-farm and non-farm livelihoods through appropriate ecotechnology and knowledge empowerment.

M S Swaminathan Research Foundation is carrying out research and development in six major thematic areas such as:

• Coastal Systems Research
• Biodiversity
• Biotechnology
• Ecotechnology
• Food Security
• Information, Education and Communication