T. G. K. Menon

T. G. K. Menon
Born	2 March 1940 Kodungallur, Thrissur, India
Occupation	Social worker Environmentalist
Awards	Padma Shri Jamnalal Bajaj Award

Thacheril Govindan Kutty Menon is an Indian social worker and environmentalist.^[1] His contributions are reported in the introduction of environmentally friendly irrigation and farming techniques under the aegis of Kasturbagram in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He is known to have promoted bio-dynamic agriculture in India.^[2] He received the Jamnalal Bajaj Award in 1989.^[3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1991.^[4]

References

↑ S. S. Tomar (1995). Energy Agriculture and Environment. Mittal Publications. p. 213. ISBN 9788170996132.
↑ "What is Bio-Dynamic Agriculture?". Biodynamics. 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
↑ "Jamnalal Bajaj Award". Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

Jamnalal Bajaj Award winners

Constructive work	Acharya Ramamurti Amalprava Das Anil Prakash Joshi Biswanath Pattnaik Chunilal Vaidya Gokulbhai Daulatram Bhatt Jugatram Dave Krishnammal Jagannathan Lavanam Manubhai Pancholi Baba Amte Narayan Desai Natwar Thakkar R. K. Patil Salem Nanjundaiah Subba Rao Sarla Devi Sunderlal Bahuguna T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar Gandhi Niketan Ashram Tagaduru Ramachandra Rao Thakurdas Bang

Science and Technology	Anil K. Rajvanshi Anupam Mishra Ayyappa Masagi Chewang Norphel G. Muniratnam Glenn D. Paige Manibhai Desai K. Vishwanathan Rajendra Singh Sanjit Roy Shripad Dabholkar T. G. K. Menon Tushar Kanjilal

Women and child welfare	Alice Garg Anutai Wagh Chitra Naik Jaya Arunachalam Jharna Dhara Chowdhury Kamalabai Hospet Malati Choudhury Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Rajammal P. Devadas Ramadevi Choudhury Rani Bang Ratan Shastri Saraswathi Gora Sarojini Varadappan Shalini Moghe Shobhana Ranade

International	A. T. Ariyaratne Daisaku Ikeda Danilo Dolci Gedong Bagus Oka Homer A. Jack Ismail Serageldin Johan Galtung Joseph Rotblat Mary E. King Michael Nagler Satish Kumar

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