Sundar Menon Explained

Sundar Menon
Birth Date:8 March 1962
Birth Place:Thrissur, Kerala, India
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Founder & CEO of Sun Group International
Children:2
Awards:Padma Shri

Sundar Menon (born 1962) is a GCC-based Indian entrepreneur, and the founder of The Sun Group International.

Early life and education

Sundar Menon was born in 1962. He graduated in Economics, and further completed an MBA. The European Continental University (EUC-USA) awarded him with an Honorary Doctorate in 2015 for his contributions towards the economic development of the GCC.[1]

Career

Sundar Menon arrived in Qatar in 1986, and worked for various firms. In the early 1990s, he had joined a British Oil Field Service Company based in Doha as a business executive.

He founded the Sun Group International in 1999, with its first company in the United Arab Emirates. The group has operations in the UAE, Qatar, Panama and India. The main business interests of the subsidiaries of Sun group include petrochemicals, natural resources, transportation and real estate.[2]

He was honored with Padmashri award by the Government of India in the year 2016, for his contribution in the field of Social Work.[3] [4] [5] He has been arrested by the Kerala police for financial fraud.[6] At present, he has 18 cases pending against him.[7] It has been reported that he has cheated 7.7 millions of rupees from different people.[8]

Awards and recognition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: T A Sundar Menon conferred with a honorary doctorate by European Continental University (ECU-USA) . 9 February 2015 . The Peninsula.
  2. Web site: Padmashri Dr. Sundar Menon is a prominent figure among the NRI businessmen in the Gulf region . 18 November 2015 . UAE malayali Directory.
  3. Web site: Kerala-born NRI Businessman Dr Sundar Menon Receives Padma Shri for Social Work . Indian Eagle . 17 July 2016 . December 28, 2016.
  4. Web site: Padma Awards 2016, UAE . Ministry of Home Affairs . 26 January 2016 . 26 January 2016.
  5. Web site: Indian Expat Awarded Padma Shri For Social Work . 28 January 2016 . The Gulf News.
  6. Web site: Padma Shri awardee Sundar C Menon arrested for cheating investors of Rs 7.7 cr in Thrissur . 2024-08-07 . Onmanorama.
  7. Web site: Padma Shri awardee Sundar C Menon arrested for cheating investors of Rs 7.7 cr in Thrissur . 2024-08-07 . Onmanorama.
  8. Web site: 2024-08-05 . Padma Shri awardee Sundar Menon arrested for ‘Rs 7-crore investment fraud’ . 2024-08-07 . The Indian Express . en.
  9. Web site: Padma Awards 2016, UAE . Ministry of Home Affairs . 26 January 2016 . 26 January 2016.
  10. Web site: Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award. asianentrepreneur.org.
  11. Web site: Forbes Top 100 Indian Business Leaders in the Arab World. Forbes Middle East.
  12. Web site: 100 most powerful Indians in the Gulf 2012. Arabian Business.
  13. Web site: M K Muneer, PTM Sunish bag Indo-British award. 20 November 2015. PTI. India Today. 16 May 2018.
  14. Web site: profile section. forbesmiddleeast.com.
  15. Web site: AMMA Award 2015. ammafoundation.com.my.
  16. Web site: REVEALED: The Gulf's 100 most powerful Indians. arabianbusiness.com.
  17. Web site: Padmashri Dr. Sundar Menon. 18 November 2015. uae.malayali.directory.

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