# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/modadugu-vijay-gupta
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:27:58.908Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/modadugu-vijay-gupta"
name: "Modadugu Vijay Gupta"
slug: "modadugu-vijay-gupta"
description: "Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta is an Indian biologist and fisheries scientist. He was awarded the World Food Prize in 2005, for development and dissemination of low-cost techniques for freshwater fish farming by the rural poor. He is considered a pioneer in the blue revolution of Southeast Asia. In 2015, was selected for the first Sunhak Peace Prize, in recognition of his creating an aquaculture system for the poor, rural populations in Asia, Africa and the Pacific."
tagline: "Indian biologist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1939-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump