Party Name : Communist Party of India
Constituency : Trichur
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri C.K. Kumara Panicker
Mother's Name : Smt. Ammu Kutty Amma
Date of birth : 10 Nov 1935
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
1971-1977 Elected to 5th Lok Sabha1977-1979 Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1991-1996 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Member, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Committee on Empowerment of WomenMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development5 August 2006-onwards Member, Committee on Commerce5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Commerce
More Information :
Special Interests
Youth & Students movement in India and abroad; agrarian economy and peasant movement in India, its past and present; environment problems and environment movement; tourism, its economic significance
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading travelling
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Visited Vietnam and Bangladesh in Parliamentary delegation headed by the Speaker, Shri G.S. Dhillon.
Other Information
Chairman, Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC), 1987-91 & 1996-2001; Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Prabhath Book House, Trivandrum; Attended the World Youth Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria; Attended the Congresses of Communist Party of Soviet Union (CPSU) Communist Party of Portugal and Communist Party of Bulgaria; Attended the World Food Summit held in Rome; Member, (i) Central Executive Committee of the CPI; (ii) National Council of CPI; (iii) Court of Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi, and (iv) Coconut Development Board; Was President and General Secretary of the All India Students Federation (AISF) and All India Youth Fedration (AIYF); President, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)
