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'''Thacheril Govindan Kutty Menon''' is an Indian social worker and environmentalist.<ref name="Energy Agriculture and Environment">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EjZjyOhVrJYC&q=T+G+K+Menon&pg=PR6 | title=Energy Agriculture and Environment | publisher=Mittal Publications | author=S. S. Tomar | year=1995 | pages=213 | isbn=9788170996132}}</ref> 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.<ref name="What is Bio-Dynamic Agriculture?">{{cite web | url=http://www.biodynamics.in/ | title=What is Bio-Dynamic Agriculture? | publisher=Biodynamics | date=2015 | access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> He received the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] in 1989.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/1989/science-and-technology/shri-tgk-menon | title=Jamnalal Bajaj Award | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=13 October 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
'''Thacheril Govindan Kutty Menon''' is an Indian social worker and environmentalist.<ref name="Energy Agriculture and Environment">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EjZjyOhVrJYC&q=T+G+K+Menon&pg=PR6 | title=Energy Agriculture and Environment | publisher=Mittal Publications | author=S. S. Tomar | year=1995 | pages=213 | isbn=9788170996132}}</ref> 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.<ref name="What is Bio-Dynamic Agriculture?">{{cite web | url=http://www.biodynamics.in/ | title=What is Bio-Dynamic Agriculture? | publisher=Biodynamics | date=2015 | access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> He received the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] in 1989.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/1989/science-and-technology/shri-tgk-menon | title=Jamnalal Bajaj Award | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=13 October 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>


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T. G. K. Menon
Born2 March 1940
Died12 June 2021
Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
OccupationSocial worker
Environmentalist
AwardsPadma 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]


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