Amnath Balakrishna Menon

Background

Menon, Amnath Balakrishna was born on April 10, 1923 in Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India. Son of Kodasseri Kochunny Tamban Kartha and Lakshmi Kutty Amma.

Education

Ba, Madras (India) X'ian College, 1944.

Career

Member of staff editorial desk, Bombay (India) Chronicle, 1954-1957; member of staff editorial desk, Free Press Journal, Bombay, 1958-1959; member editorial board, Newsday, Bombay, 1960-1961; news chief, Finance Express, Bombay, 1962-1963; member of staff news desk, Indian Express, New Delhi, 1968-1972; news editor, National Herald, New Delhi, 1972-1979; assistant editor, News Time, Hyderabad, India, 1983-1984; consultant editor, Surya magazine, New Delhi, 1981-1983; consultant, Current, Bombay and Delhi, 1980, 84; bureau chief, Indianmail, London, 1991, 93; editor, Asian Recorder Publications, New Delhi, since 1993.

Achievements

• Amnath Balakrishna Menon has been listed as a noteworthy Journalist, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: painting, sculpture, farming, animal welfare activities.

Connections

Married Lekshmi Menon, October 1968. Children: Bipin, Jyotika.

Father:

Kodasseri Kochunny Tamban Kartha

Mother:

Lakshmi Kutty Amma

Spouse:

Lekshmi Menon

child:

Bipin Menon

child:

Jyotika Menon