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'''T Madhava Menon''' ('''Thelakkat Madhava Menon''', born 19 November 1929) is a former [[civil servant]] in the [[Indian Administrative Service]] ([[Kerala]] Cadre) who has held various posts including that of District Collector, [[Palakkad]], Director of Administration, Central PWD, New Delhi, Custodian, Vested (Nationalised) Forests, Kerala, Director of Tribal Welfare, Kerala and Vice-Chancellor, [[Kerala Agricultural University]]. After retirement, he was associated with the People of India Project and was the Co-Editor of the volumes related to Kerala. He is a Senior Fellow of [[International School of Dravidian Linguistics]] where he edited a three volume Encyclopaedia on Dravidian Tribes. He also edited a two-volume Handbook of Kerala. He is also a member of the Governing Council of [[Attappady]] Hill Areas Development Society.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Institute for Societal Advancement, Thiruvananthapuram |title=An Evaluation cum Documentation of an Eco-restoration experiment with People's Participation: Lessons from Attappady Wasteland Comprehensive Environmental Conservation Project, Kerala |publisher=Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India |page=25 |url=https://darpg.gov.in/sites/default/files/16.%20Attapady%20Wasteland%20Conservation%20Project.pdf |access-date=2 November 2022}}</ref>

On 1 November 2022, the [[Kerala Piravi]] day, [[Government of Kerala]] announced the conferment of the first ever [[Kerala Awards|Kerala Prabha]] award on T Madhava Menon in recognition of his social work.<ref>{{cite web |title=M T Vasudevan Nair chosen for Kerala's first highest state-level award |url=https://www.ptinews.com/news/national/m-t-vasudevan-nair-chosen-for-keralas-first-highest-state-level-award/445006.html |website=Press Trust of India |publisher=PTI |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>

==Selected publications==

*''The Encyclopaedia of Dravidian Tribes'', International School of Dravidian Linguistics, 1996 (Editor)
*''A Hand Book of Kerala'', International School Of Dravidian Linguistics, Thiruvananthapuram, Edited By T. Madhava Menon
*''Tribal Development in India: From Despair to Hope'', B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2020
*''Kerala Pazhama: Antiquity of Kerala'', [[Hermann Gundert]], translation into English by T Madhava Menon, International School of Dravidian Linguistics, 2003
*''People of India : Kerala : Volume XXVII (3 Parts-Set)'', edited by T Madhava Menon, Deepak Tyagi and B. Francis Kulirani, 2002
*''Keralolpathy'', translation into English by T Madhava Menon, International School of Dravidian Linguistics

==References==

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[[Category:Dravidian studies]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian anthropologists]]
[[Category:Indian Administrative Service officers]]
[[Category:Kerala Prabha Award Winners]]

T Madhava Menon - Revision history

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