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Prof. M G K Menon
Prof. M G K Menon
• Prof. M G K Menon (28 August 1928 - 22 November 2016), was an Advisor in the Department of Space/ Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
• He was the President of Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (1990- 2016).
• Prof. Menon took his Ph.D. from the University of Bristol, UK in 1953, He has a large number of honorary doctorates from universities in India and abroad
• Prof. Menon was Fellow of all the three Science Academies in India; and was President of each one of them.
• Prof. Menon has done Scientific Work in Cosmic Rays, Particle Physics.
• Distinguished for investigations in the field of cosmic ray studies and in particular on the high-energy inter-actions of elementary particles.


   Bachelor of Sciences from Jaswant College, Jodhpur, India 1946

   MSc. from Royal Institute of Science, India 1949,
   Ph.D. from Univ. of Bristol, UK 1960,
   Post Doctoral Research 1955.

  28 August 1928, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

  Padma Shri in 1961

  Padma Bhushan in 1968
  Padma Vibhushan in 1985

  Fellow of all the three Science Academies in India

   Fellow of the Royal Society, London (1970)
   Honorary Fellow of The Institute of Physics UK (1997)
   A Founding Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences.

  President of all the three Science Academies in India

  Director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay (1966-1975)
  Chairman, Commission for Additional Sources of Energy
  Secretary to the Government of India for 12 years (Electronics, Science and Technology, Defence Research, Environment) (1971-1982)
  Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation 1972
  Defence Research and Development Organization (1974-78)
  Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (1978-1981)
  President of the Indian Science Congress Association (1981-82)
  Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  Honorary Member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Rome (1981)
  Chairman of the Science Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (1982-1985)
  Member of the Planning Commission with the rank of Minister of State (1982-1989)
  Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister (1986-1989)
  President of the International Council of Scientific Unions (1988-93)
  Minister for Science & Technology, as also for Education in the Government of India
  Vice President, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) (1989-1990)
  Member of Parliament (RajyaSabha) during 1990-96)

  Scientific Work in Cosmic Rays, Particle Physics.

  Distinguished for investigations in the field of cosmic ray studies and in particular on the high-energy inter-actions of elementary particles.
  Prof. M G K Menon died on November 22, 2016 at New Delhi

  Padma Shri 1961

  Padma Bhushan 1968

  Padma Vibhushan 1985

  Bhatnagar Award 1960

  ISCA Chat-teriee Award 1984

  Om PrakashBhasin Award 1985

  Modi Award for Science 1994

  Abdus Salem Medal 1996

  D.Sc (Hons. Causa) from the Universities of Univs. of Delhi, Allahabad, Roorkee, BHU, Utkal, Aligarh Muslim, North Bengal, IIT Madras and Kharagpur

   Univs. of Delhi, Allahabad, Roorkee, BHU, Utkal, Aligarh Muslim, North Bengal, IIT Madras and Karagpurh