Party Name : Indian Union Muslim League
Constituency : Ponnani
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri E.T. Moosakkutty
Mother's Name : Smt. Pathumma
Date of birth : 01 Jul 1946
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
1985 and 1991-2006 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (four terms)1991-1996 & 2004-2006 Minister, Education, Government of Kerala1996-2001 Member, Public Accounts Committee of Kerala Legislature2001-2004 Chairman, Estimates Committee of Kerala LegislatureMember, Governing Council Kerala Agricultural University, (representing Kerala Legislature)Member, Persons with Disabilities Act; Monitoring Committee (representing Kerala Legislature)2006 Secretary, Indian Muslim League, Kerala State CommitteeMember, Political Affairs Committee of the Indian Union Muslim LeagueChairman, CH Centre, ThiruvananthapuramChairman, Global Islamic Foundation for the Blind Pulikkal, Malappuram, Kerala2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Petitions2011 National Secretary, Indian Union Muslim League2012 Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Standing Committee on Home Affairs2013 Member, Hajj Committee of India Member, Central Wakf Council2013 onwards Secretary, National Committee, Indian Union Muslim LeagueMay 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1 Sep. 2014 - 18 Oct. 2016 Member, Standing Committee on IndustryMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Minority Affairs19 Oct. 2016 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology and Environment & Forests6 Jan. 2018 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & ForestsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
More Information :
Books Published
Published articles and short stories in periodicals; presented Paper on ``21st Century Development Options" in the NGO international Seminar held at Oslo (Norway) in 1982; Selected Speeches of 15th Lok Sabha
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading and listening to Music
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Member (i) Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE); (ii) Government of India Committee on Decentralisation of Education Management; (iii) Janardhana Reddy Commission on National Educational Policy; and (iv) Minority Education Monitoring Committee; Represented Kerala in the World Malayalee Conference, Berlin, Germany; Administrative Achievements - Introduction of Grading System at the Secondary and Higher Secondary level, which acclaimed national prominence; Brought out the concept of self financing educational institution; Establishment of Kannur University, Sri Sankara University of Sanskrit, Kaladi & National University of Advanced Legal Studies at Kochi; Comprehensive expansion of IT enabled education and the inclusion of IT as a part of curriculum in secondary level; Implemented special package for the education and social upliftment of the physically and mentally handicapped children; Organised Global Education Meet at Cochin in 2005 as part of internationalisation of Education. Worked as President of various trade unions affiliated to STU in industrial firms like : • Mavoor Gwalior Rayons • Malabar Cements, Palakkad, Edarikode Textiles • Kerala Electrical and Allied, Kundara • Malabar Spinning Mills, Kozhikode • Modern Spinning Mills • Kozhikode, Steel Complex, Kozhikode • K.S.D.C. Kuttipuram Awards (i) First prize holder in Elocution competition in State Youth Festival held in 1964; (ii) Silver Elephant Award from the President of India for the noble service rendered to Bharat Scouts and Guides Movement; (iii) Karma Sresta Award for the best Minister; (iv) Sir Sayed Award for the service rendered to the upliftment of backward and minority education; (v) Seethi Sahib Award for the best Parliamentarian; (vi) Award by Kerala Assembly for best short story; (vii) Award by Kerala Sasthra Vedi for promoting Science and Technology initiatives among the youth; and (viii) Special Award by anti-narcotic Council of India for the effective implementation of anti-narcotic and drug abuse laws in educational institutions.
