GM Crops - The Human and Environmental Hazards | Ashoke Viswanathan | TEDxTheNewtownSchool

GM is a technology that involves inserting DNA into the genome of an organism . To produce a GM plant, new DNA is transferred into plant cells. Though these crops have many benefits such as increasing yield, making plants more resistant to weeds etc, the GM crops have various environmental and human impacts which can be fatal at times. The motive behind this topic is to inform the audience as to why the GM crops must be avoided keeping in mind the substantial increase in their production and popularity.

Ashoke Viswanathan (born in 1959), a mathematics graduate from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, is a post graduate in film direction from the Film and Television Institute of India (Pune), having finished his specialization in 1985. Subsequently, he completed a certificate course in video production from the same institute in 1986. Since then, he has been active in both film and video media as a director, screenplay writer, actor and presenter, having directed more than 150 films and television programmes including feature films, documentaries, telefilms, music videos, and teleserials.
Ashoke Viswanathan (born in 1959), a mathematics graduate from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, is a post graduate in film direction from the Film and Television Institute of India (Pune), having finished his specialization in 1985. Subsequently, he completed a certificate course in video production from the same institute in 1986. Since then, he has been active in both film and video media as a director, screenplay writer, actor and presenter, having directed more than 150 films and television programmes including feature films, documentaries, telefilms, music videos, and teleserials. He has won two National Awards and one International Award. Three of his feature films and one of his short features have been included in the INDIAN PANORAMA sections of IFFI ’94, 1999, 2001, 2002. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx