| Name
/ Title |
Mambillikalathil Govind
Kumar (M.G.K.) MENON |
| Date of
Birth |
August 28, 1928 |
| Date of
Death |
November 22, 2016 |
| Identity |
Indian Physicist and a Policy Maker for India |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1960: He received the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology.
- 1968: He was decorated with
PADMA BHUSHAN by the Govt. of India.
- 1970: He was one of the
most prominent scientists from the state of Kerala and was
elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
- 1972: He headed the Indian
Space Research Organisation as its Chairman.
- 1985: He was decorated with
PADMA VIBHUSHAN by the Govt. of India.
- 1996: He won the Abdus
Salam Award.
- 2008: The asteroid 7564
Gokumenon was named in his honour.
|
| General |
- He had a prominent role in the development of science
and technology in India over four decades.
- One of his most important contributions was
nurturing the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Mumbai, which his mentor Homi J. Bhabha founded in 1945.
- He undertook experiments with cosmic rays to explore the
properties of fundamental particles.
- He was actively involved in setting up balloon flight
experiments, as well as deep underground experiments with
cosmic ray neutrinos in the mines at Kolar Gold Fields.
- He served as a Minister of State for Science and
Technology and Education in the V.P Singh government and had
earlier worked as Secretary in the Departments of Science
and Technology and Environment in the Union government.
- He was a member of the Planning Commission, Scientific
Adviser to the Prime Minister, Vice President, Council of
Scientific & Industrial Research and Member of Parliament in
Rajya Sabha.
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