T. G. K. Menon | |
Birth Date: | 2 March 1940 |
Birth Place: | Kodungallur, Thrissur, India |
Death Date: | 12 June 2021 |
Death Place: | Indore (Madhya Pradesh) |
Occupation: | Social worker Environmentalist |
Awards: | Padma Shri Jamnalal Bajaj Award |
Thacheril Govindan Kutty Menon was 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]