K. P. S. Menon Jr.

K. P. S. Menon Jr.
15th Foreign Secretary of India
In office January 1987 - February 1989
Preceded by	A. P. Venkateswaran
Succeeded by	Shilendra Kumar Singh
Ambassador of India to China
In office 26 March 1985-12 February 1987
Preceded by	Katyayani Shankar Bajpai
Succeeded by	C. V. Ranganathan
Personal details
Died	(2019-09-28)September 28, 2019 Thiruvananthapuram

Kizhake Palat Sankara Menon was an Indian diplomat.^[1][2]

Early life and background

He was the son of K. P. S. Menon Sr.^[3] Menon studied at The Doon School, and St. Stephen's College in Delhi and later at the Oxford University.

Career

He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1951.^[1] He served as the Indian ambassador to China, and later as the Foreign Secretary.

Menon died in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 90 and was cremated.^[4]

References

1. "Former Foreign Secretary K.P.S. Menon passes away". The Hindu. 29 September 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
2. Sreenivasan, T. p (30 September 2019). "The doyen of a diplomatic dynasty". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
3. Ap (22 November 1982). "K.P.S. Menon of India Dies; Ex-Envoy to Soviet and China". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
4. "Former diplomat K P S Menon Jr cremated in Kerala". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 July 2021.