 He was honored with Padmashri by the Government of India in the year 2016.Sundar Menon was born in 1962 to M.C.S.Menon, retired assistant general manager in South Indian Bank and the Principal of South Indian Bank Staff Training College, who was also the former Cochin Devaswom Board President from the year 2010 to 2012, and Jaya Menon, a home maker in Thrissur, Kerala, India.