Govindan, Shri T. Constituency   : Kasaragod (Kerala) Party Name     : Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Email Address : tgovindan[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Shri Raman Panikkar Mother’s Name Smt. Chemmarathi Date of Birth 11 Jan 1940 Place of Birth Payyanur, Distt. Kannur (Kerala) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 07 May 1966 Spouse’s Name Smt. M. Savithri No. of Sons 3 No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications Matriculate, Diploma in Local-Self Government Educated at High School, Payyanur and Trivandrum L.S.G.D. Institute, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) Profession Social Worker Permanent Address Mambalam P.O. Payyanur, Kannur, Kerala Present Address 319, V.P. House, New Delhi – 110001 (011) 23736372 Positions Held

1963 Member, Communist Party of India

1964 onwards Member, Communist Party of India (Marxist)

1989-90 Secretary, [C.P.I. (M)], Distt. Kannur

1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha

1996 onwards Member, State Committee, [C.P.I. (M)], Kerala

Member, Secretariat [C.P.I. (M)], Distt. Kannur

1996-97 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development

Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

Whip, CPI(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1998-99 Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House

Member, Committee on Communications and its Sub- Committee “C”—Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Communications

2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Development

Social And Cultural Activities Working in Co-operative sector; President, (i) Weavers Society, Theru Mambalam, Payyanur; and (ii) Payyanur Co-operative Hospital Society Ltd.; Chairman, Co-operative Spinning Mill, Kannur, 1987-89; Member, (i) Kasturba Memorial Reading Room, Payyanur; and (ii) A.K.G. Memorial Kala Samithi, Payyanur Special Interests Reading Kalidasa’s Sanskrit Kavya and Malayalam novels, especially M.T’s novels, poems of vallathol and Kumaranasan; Marxian classics and books by and on E.M.S. Namboodripad Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading Other Information Director, A.K.G. Smaraka Memorial Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd.; Kannur, Kerala; Member, (i) Kisan Sabha, District Committee, Kannur; (ii) Telecom Committee, Kerala; (iii) Telecom Circle Committee, Kannur; (iv) Zonal Railways Users Consultative Committee (Z.R.U.C.C.), Southern Railway, 1998-99; and (v) Konkan Railway Users Consultative Committee, 1999

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