AMBAT SIVARAMA MENON (A.S.R MENON)
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Ambat Sivara Menon ( A.S.R Menon)was born in the year 1923 who is a graduate who excelled in sports in his student days.He has represented his school and college in state and national level meets. He was chosen as the best scout of his school in 1940 and champion athelete of his college in 1944. He has won many prizes in tennis, chess, carrioms and other tournements.
A.S.R Menon started his carrier with The Reserve Bank of India at Madras and working with two other banks for about 15 years in various places including Cochin, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Manglore, Cannanore and Coonoor. He was selected to the superior revenue cadre of The Government of India in 1959 and posted as the Chief Cashier of South Eastern Railways at Calcutta. In 1976, he was promoted and posted to Eastern Railways where he continued until his retirement in 1980.
Menon is closely associated with many sports, cultural and social institutionsat the centres where he worked. At Cannanore, he was the secretery of the Savoy club and executive member of the public library. He was treasurer of the Athletics Association of South Eastern Railwaysand Eastern Railways, Secretery of B.N.R Officers Welfare Fund and Executtive Member of the B.N.R Officers Club and The Bengal Lawn Tennis Association
A.S.R Menon authored the award winning book " Ambat Tharavad and Allied Families" which cronicles the evolution of The Ambat Tharavad and family over the past 500 years. Due to his pains taking efforts, he could document the roots and details of about 1500 Ambat members, present and past who are living in different parts of the world and oit has paved way for the extablishment of the Ambat Website . We owe our gratitite to this iconic man for taking pains to chronicle the history of the Chittur Ambat family and its history of over 500 years. |
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