Party Name : Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Constituency : Ottapalam-SC
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri P. Shivasankaran
Mother's Name : Smt. Thankamalu
Date of birth : 20 Jul 1964
Profession : Social Worker , Trade Unionist
Positions held :
Joint Secretary, Democratic Youth Federation of India (D.Y.F.I.), Kerala1985 onwards Member, Area Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist) [C.P.I.(M)]1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-97 Member, Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Defence and its Sub-Committee-IIMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Defence2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of CommunicationsMember, Committee on Urban & Rural DevelopmentVice President, Democratic Youth federation of India (D.Y.F.I.) , Kerala2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)Member, Committee on Railways Member, Committee on the welfare of Schedule Castes and Schedule TribesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and HighwaysPermanent Special Invitee Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Railways
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Special Interests
Reading and music
Sports and Clubs
Football, badminton and swimming
Countries Visited
Member, 99th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Windhoek (Namibia), 1998 and U.A.E.