Biography

NARAYANAN, SHRI K.R.

[Cong. (I) – Ottapalam-SC (Kerala)]

Positions held

1984

Dec, 1984 to Sept., 1985

Sept., 1985 to Oct. 1986

Oct., 1986 to Dec, 1989

1989

1990

1991

27th October, 1920

Uzhavoor in Distt. Kottayam (Kerala)

Married in June, 1951

Smt. Usha Narayanan

Two daughters

M.A., B.Sc. (Eco.)

Educated at University of Travancore (Kerala) and London School of
Economics

Diplomat, Educationist and Journalist

Kocheril House, P.O. Uzhavoor, Distt. Kottayam
(Kerala)

81, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003. Tel. 4624565

Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)

Union Minister of State, Planning

Union Minister of State, External Affairs

Union Minister of State, Science & Technology

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs

‘India and America’-Essays in Understanding; ‘Non-Alignment in
Contemporary International Relations’ (Jointly with Prof. K.P. Mishra) and
‘Images and Insights’

Welfare of the weaker sections, Active in literary pursuits

Literature, rural development and international affairs

Reading and walking

Widely travelled; Member, Delegation to UN, 1979, 1986 and 1987 and Member,
Delegation to NA Conference at Harare

Ambassador to China, Thailand, Turkey and U.S.A.; Vice-Chancellor,
Jawaharlal Nehru University; Co-Chairman, Indo-U.S. Sub-Commission on
Education & Culture; Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics, London
and Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, Honorary Doctor of Science,
University of Toledo, U.S.A.