| 词条 | Lakshmi N. Menon |
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Born in Thiruvananthapuram, she was the child of Rama Varma Thampan and Madhavikutty Amma. In 1930, she married Professor V.K. Nandan Menon, who later became vice-chancellor of the University of Travancore (1950-1951)[4] and of Patna University, as well as director for the Indian Institute of Public Administration. She was a Rajya Sabha member from 1952 to 1966.[1] She served in the Ministry of External Affairs as parliamentary secretary from 1952 to 1957, as deputy minister from 1957 to 1962 and as Minister of State to 1966.[5] Retiring from political service in 1967, she turned to social work and also to writing, authoring among other things a book on Indian women for the Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs series, published by Oxford University Press. She helped to found the Federation of University Women in India.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} In recognition of her services, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957.[6] Menon dedicated her active life after politics for the cause of the nation. She served the All India Women's Conference as president and patron for many years. She was the vice president of All India Prohibition Council along with Morarji Desai. In 1988, she along with A. P. Udhayabhanu and Johnson J. Edayaranmula established Alcohol & Drug Information Centre (ADIC)-India and served as its president till her death. She also served as president of the All India Committee for the Eradication of Illiteracy Among Women and as chairman of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust from 1972 to 1985.[7] Bibliography
References1. ^1 Rajya Sabha members biographical sketches 1952 - 2003. rajyasabha.nic.in. 2. ^IASSI Quarterly, Volume 15. Indian Association of Social Science Institutions, 1996. 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/04/02/stories/13020615.htm |title=Strong voice, solid ideas |first=C.S. |last=Lakshmi |newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 March 2000|accessdate=5 March 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.way2universities.com/univofkerala.php |title=University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram|publisher=way2universities.com |accessdate=6 March 2016}} 5. ^1 Women Members of the Rajya Sabha. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. New Delhi, 2003. 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 |df= }} 7. ^Annual Report 2014-15. Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust. External links
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