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Sundar Menon
Born (1962-03-08) 8 March 1962 (age 61)
Thrissur, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFounder & CEO of Sun Group International
Children2
AwardsPadma Shri

Sundar Menon is a GCC based Indian entrepreneur, and the founder of The Sun Group International. He was honored with Padmashri award by the Government of India in the year 2016, for his contribution in the field of Social Work.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Sundar Menon was born in 1962 to Mr.M.C.S Menon and Mrs Jaya Menon. He graduated in Economics, and further acquired an MBA. The European Continental University(EUC-USA) awarded him with an Honorary Doctorate[4] for his contributions towards the economic development of GCC, in 2015.

His father was a retired assistant general manager and also a former Principal at the Staff Training College at the South Indian Bank. He was also a former Cochin Devaswom Board President from the year 2010 to 2012.

Career

Sundar Menon arrived in Qatar in 1986, and worked under various firms. In the early 1990's, he had joined as a business executive in a British Oil Field Service Company based in Doha.

He founded the Sun Group International in the year 1999, with its first company in the United Arab Emirates. Today, the group has operations in the UAE, Qatar, Panama and India. The prominent business interests of the subsidiaries of Sun group include petrochemicals, natural resources, transportation and real estate.[5]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ^ "Kerala-born NRI Businessman Dr Sundar Menon Receives Padma Shri for Social Work". Indian Eagle. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Padma Awards 2016, UAE". Ministry of Home Affairs. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Indian Expat Awarded Padma Shri For Social Work". The Gulf News.
  4. ^ "T A Sundar Menon conferred with a honorary doctorate by European Continental University (ECU-USA)". The Peninsula. 9 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Padmashri Dr. Sundar Menon is a prominent figure among the NRI businessmen in the Gulf region". UAE malayali Directory.
  6. ^ "Padma Awards 2016, UAE". Ministry of Home Affairs. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award". asianentrepreneur.org.
  8. ^ "Forbes Top 100 Indian Business Leaders in the Arab World". Forbes Middle East.
  9. ^ "100 most powerful Indians in the Gulf 2012". Arabian Business.
  10. ^ PTI (20 November 2015). "M K Muneer, PTM Sunish bag Indo-British award". India Today. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  11. ^ "profile section". forbesmiddleeast.com.
  12. ^ "AMMA Award 2015". ammafoundation.com.my.
  13. ^ "REVEALED: The Gulf's 100 most powerful Indians". arabianbusiness.com.
  14. ^ "Padmashri Dr. Sundar Menon". uae.malayali.directory.

External links

Recipients of Padma Shri in Social Work
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