{"id":18246,"date":"2016-11-28T09:23:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T09:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=18246"},"modified":"2016-11-28T09:23:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T09:23:33","slug":"prof-m-g-k-menon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/prof-m-g-k-menon\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. M G K Menon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Question: Recently Prof. M G K Menon passed away, He was a-<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Economist<br \/>\n(b) Physicist<br \/>\n(c) Sociologist<br \/>\n(d) None of these<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:(b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>On 22 November 2016; Prof. M G K Menon Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRI) chairman passed away in New Delhi. He was 88.<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Menon has done Scientific Work in Cosmic Rays, Particle Physics.<\/li>\n<li>He also headed the Indian Space Research Organisation in 1972 as its chairman.<\/li>\n<li>He was the director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research at the age of 35 years.<\/li>\n<li>He is a recipient of Padma awards(1968), including Padma Vibhushan (1985).<\/li>\n<li>Menon had done scientific work in cosmic rays, particle physics and distinguished himself with investigations in the field.<\/li>\n<li>Menon was a member of the Planning Commission (1982-1989), Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister (1986-1989), Vice President, Council of Scientific &amp; Industrial Research (CSIR) (1989-1990) and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) during 1990-96.<\/li>\n<li>He was also a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of London.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/acclaimed-physicist-and-ex-isro-chief-prof-mgk-menon-dies-at-88\/story-KhdZ36LxxsH1z1CasRb6CN.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/acclaimed-physicist-and-ex-isro-chief-prof-mgk-menon-dies-at-88\/story-KhdZ36LxxsH1z1CasRb6CN.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/about-isro\/prof-m-g-k-menon\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/about-isro\/prof-m-g-k-menon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently Prof. M G K Menon passed away, He was a- (a) Economist (b) Physicist (c) Sociologist (d) None of these Ans:(b) Related facts: On 22 November 2016; Prof. M G K Menon Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRI) chairman passed away in New Delhi. He was 88. Prof. Menon has done Scientific Work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[2348],"class_list":["post-18246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pers","tag-personalities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}