Cheril Krishna Menon

Cheril Krishna Menon
Born September 1949
Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation Entrepreneur
Parent(s) Puliyamkott Narayanan Nair
Cheril Karthyayani Amma
Awards Padma Shri
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
Federal Bank Kerala Business Award
DIDIC Qatar National Award

Cheril Krishna Menon, popularly known as C. K. Menon, is an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist.[1] He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Behzad Corporation, headquartered in Doha, Qatar, which has presence in many other countries.[2] A recipient of the 2006 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, Menon was honored again by the Government of India, in 2009, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[3]

Biography

Krishna Menon was born in Thrissur, in the South Indian state of Kerala, in September 1949[4] to Cheril Karthyayani Amma and Puliyamkott Narayanan Nair, a local business man engaged in transport business.[1][5] His schooling was at Church Mission Society High School after which he did his Pre University from St. Thomas College. He graduated from Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur and secured a graduate degree in Law from the Law College, Jabalpur.[1][5] His career started as a lawyer at the High Court of Kerala, Kochi which he continued for two years before moving to Qatar in 1976.[1][5]

Menon established Behzad Corporation, Doha, a fuel transportation company, in 1978, in partnership with Ali Bin Nasser Al Misnad, a Qatari citizen. Over the years, he has diversified his business to cover finance, media, steel and infrastructure industries and has presence in many countries in the Middle East, American continent, Europe and in India.[1][2] Besides heading his flagship company, Behzad Corporation, he is a director of business establishments such as Behzad Fuels (UK) Limited,[4] Infrastructure Kerala Limited (INKEL), a Government of Kerala undertaking,[6] JaiHind TV and Symphony TV and holds the chairs of Al Barakah Financial Services Limited, the first Islamic non banking finance company in Kerala, promoted by Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC)[1][7] and TJSV Steel Fabrication and Galvanizing Limited.[8]

Menon, who has been listed as the 20th richest non resident Indian in the Middle East by Arabian Business Magazine in 2011,[9] is a member of many government constituted bodies. He is a permanent director[1][8] and the incumbent vice chairman of Norka Roots, the field agency of the Department of Non Resident Keralites Affairs.[10] He sits in the board of directors of the India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians, a trust under the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs for promoting and channelising the phialthropic efforts of the non resident Indians.[1][8][11] He is a nominated Ex Officio member of the Security Advisory Council to Civil Aviation, (SACCA) Government of India[12] and serves as the chairman of Bhavan's Public School (Al Misnad Public School), Doha, Qatar.[8][13]

Philanthropy

Krishna Menon is reported to have built and donated over 100 houses for the slum dwellers in Thrissur.[1][9] He has been involved with the Laksham Veedu Project and M. N. Laksham Veedu Restoration Project[14] of the Government of Kerala.[1] He is a patron and a major supporter of Adarsh Charitable Trust, a non governmental organization based in Tripunithura in Kochi, which runs various programs including a school for the mentally challenged children.[15] He is also associated with the activities of the School of Bhagavat Gita, Thiruvananthapuram[16] and is known to have donated a mosque to the Muslim community.[1]

Awards and recognitions

Krishna Menon received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman from the Government of India in 2006.[1][8][17] Three years later, the government honoured him again with the civilian award of Padma Shri in 2009.[8] He received the Federal Bank Kerala Business Award from the World Malayali Council in 2011.[9][18] He is also a recipient of the 2012 Qatar National Award from the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID).[8]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "Behzad". Behzad. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Due Dil". Due Dil. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "CK Menon". CK Menon. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  6. ↑ "INKEL". INKEL. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Al Baraka". Halal India. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "TJSV". TJSV. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 "Arabian Business". Arabian Business. 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Norka Roots". Norka Roots. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  11. ↑ "IDFOI". IDFOI. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Domain B". Domain B. 24 May 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Bhavans Doha". Bhavans Doha. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Laksham Veedu". Government of Kerala. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Adarsh". Adarsh. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  16. ↑ "School of Bhagavat Gita". School of Bhagavat Gita. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs". Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  18. ↑ "IBN Live". IBN Live. 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
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