Background
MENON, Vatakke Kurupath Narayana Son of Parameswaran Nambudiripad.
Kerala l1- 27 June 1911 Triehur
MENON, Vatakke Kurupath Narayana Son of Parameswaran Nambudiripad.
University of Madras and Edinburgh University.
Adviser for E. Services of BBC during Second World War. Returned to India 1947. Director of Broadcasting, Baroda State 1947-1948.
Joined All-India Radio as Director of Staff Training 1948, became Director of Delhi, Madras and Calcutta Stations, Director of External Services and Deputy Director-General. Secretary National Academy, of Music, Dance and Drama, India 1963-1965. Director-General All-India Radio 1965-1968.
President Institute Music Council (UNESCO) 1966-1968, 1976-1978. Executive Director National Centre for the Performing Arts, Bombay 1968-1982. Vice-Chairman Institute Institute for Comparative Music Studies, Berlin.
Honorary Executive Director Homi Bhabha Fellowship Council 1968-1982. Honorary; Chairman 1982-1988. Trustee Institute Broadcasting Institute 1969-1977.
Scholar-in-Residence, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies 1973. Padma Bhushan 1969.
Faculty of Music, Delhi University. Institute Music Council 1980.
Married Rekha Devi Mukherji in 1945.