Name of Member: Shri T. Govindan
Political Party: Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Constituency & State: Kasaragod (Kerala)
Lok Sabha Experience: 11,12,13
Thirteenth Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile
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Constituency : |
Kasaragod (Kerala) |
Party Name : |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) |
Email Address : |
tgovindan[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in |
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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 |
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Present Address |
319, V.P. House, |
New Delhi – 110001 |
(011) 23736372 |
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Positions Held |
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1963 |
Member, Communist Party of India |
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1964 onwards |
Member, Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
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1989-90 |
Secretary, [C.P.I. (M)], Distt. Kannur |
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1996 |
Elected to 11th Lok Sabha |
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1996 onwards |
Member, State Committee, [C.P.I. (M)], Kerala |
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Member, Secretariat [C.P.I. (M)], Distt. Kannur |
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1996-97 |
Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development |
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Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House |
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1998 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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Whip, CPI(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha |
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1998-99 |
Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House |
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Member, Committee on Communications and its Sub- Committee “C”—Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment |
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1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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1999-2000 |
Member, Committee on Communications |
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2000-2004 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Development |
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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 |
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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 |
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation |
Reading |
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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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