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Prof. M. G. K. Menon studied cosmic rays with balloon flights and ran some of the first deep-underground neutrino experiments in the Kolar Gold Fields mines. He directed TIFR and later served as Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister and as a Union Minister.
Key contributions
- Detected atmospheric neutrinos deep underground at Kolar Gold Fields
- Director of TIFR (1966–1975); Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister (1986–1989)
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1970); Padma Vibhushan (1985)