Biography

Father's Name	    	Shri Velappan

Date of Birth	    	23 June 1923

Place of Birth	    	Trichur (Kerala)

Marital Status	    	Married on 25 May 1956

Spouse's Name	    	Smt. C. Sathyabhama

Children	    	One son and one daughter

Educational Qualifications  	

		Matriculate

		Educated at Trichur (Kerala) 

Profession     

		Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address     

		Chelat Lane, Trichur-680004 
		(Kerala)

		Tel. (0487) 380433
 
Present Address     

		14, Janpath,
		New Delhi-110001

		Tel. (011) 3782166

Positions Held   
  
1987-96		Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly

1987-91		Minister, Agriculture, Kerala

1991-96		Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

1996		Elected to 11th Lok Sabha  

		Whip, Communist Party of India (C.P.I.) Parliamentary Party,
		Lok Sabha

1996-97		Member, Committee on Commerce		

1996-98		Member, Central Control Commission, C.P.I.
 
1998		Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

		Member, National Executive Committee, C.P.I.

		Whip, C.P.I. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1998-99		Member, Committee on Railways

		Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local
		Area Development Scheme

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

Books Published	    
	
(i)Pularikku Mumbu (Before Dawn), and (ii) Leninte Nattil 
(In the land of Lenin) (in Malayalam) 

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments  

Conferred 'Soviet Land Nehru Award' 1977

Special Interests  
   	
Agrarian reforms and agricultural labour laws and cooperative farming 

Favourite Pastime and Recreation     

Reading and watching football and cricket matches

Sports and Clubs    

Football

Countries Visited     	

Bulgaria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Romania, U.K., 
U.S.A. and the former U.S.S.R.

Other Information     	

Participated in the Freedom Struggle and Struggle for responsible
government against the princely rule of erstwhile Cochin State,
and was jailed for two years; Introduced a novel system of 
'Group Farming' in Kerala; Under the leadership of Panchayat 
Presidents, Agricultural Development Committees were set up for 
the dissemination and use of latest technology in cultivation
throughout the State; Attended the General Assembly of United
Nations, New York, 1996; Member, (i) Cochin State Praja Mandal; 
(ii) Kerala Socialist Party, 1946-48; (iii) Communist Party of India 
(C.P.I.) since 1948; and (iv) Marine Products Export Development 
Authority, 1998-99.