P. Achutha Menon

Parakat Achutha Menon (2 January 1905 – 10 August 1975) was an Indian civil servant and diplomat who served as India's first minister to Portugal, and subsequently served as an ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and West Germany.

Career Educated at the University of Madras and New College, Oxford, Menon subsequently sat the Indian Civil Service exams and passed into the batch of 1929 with effect from 9 October. Arriving in India in November 1929, Menon initially served in the Madras Presidency, and was appointed a sub-collector in May 1931 and an under-secretary in the provincial Public Works Department in January 1934. On 1 August 1951, he was appointed chargé d'affaires at the embassy in Italy. On 11 October 1951, he was appointed ambassador to Belgium, and Luxembourg. He later served as ambassador to West Germany before his retirement in 1964.