Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Mavelikkara
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Kunjan
Mother's Name : Smt. Thankamma P.
Date of birth : 04 Jun 1962
Profession : Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1989-91 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour and Welfare1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of CommunicationsMember, Standing Committee on CommunicationsMember, Estimates CommitteeMember, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1996 Executive Member, C.P.P.General Secretary, I.Y.C.Member, P.C.C., KeralaMember, A.I.C.C.Member, Railway Convention CommitteeMember, Standing Committee on Petroleum and FertilizersMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)1999-2000 Member, Standing Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public DistributionMember, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableMember, Committee on EstimatesMember, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and CultureMember, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)2009 onwards Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP)6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010)31 Aug. 2009 - 2012 Member, Standing Committee on Rural Development23 Sep. 2009 Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament2009 - 2012 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1 May 2010 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes2011 - 2012 Chairman, Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament28 Oct. 2012 - 2014 Union Minister of State, Labour and EmploymentMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (6th term)1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on PetitionsMember, Standing Committee on LabourMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare25 May 2015 - 25 May 2019 Member, National Monitoring Committee for the Education of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Persons With DisabilitiesMember, National Shipping Board17 Dec. 2018 Member, National Monitoring Committee for the Education of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Persons with DisabilitiesMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (7th term)25 June 2019 onwards Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Railways09 Oct. 2019 onwards Member, Committee of Privileges21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Community and all other socially and economically backward communities; Conducting medical camps for financially Backward Classes; Conducting Job Mela for unemployed youths and conducting eye camps
Special Interests
Working for the welfare of the SCs/STs
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading; travelling; Working with people as a volunteer; Conducting National Youth Festivals and National Integration Camps
Sports and Clubs
Actively involved in promoting sports and Youth Clubs, Sports Clubs and other youth development activities; Organising Boat Races through Boat Clubs
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
President, (i) KRL Employees Association; (ii) Kerala Students Union Trivandrum* City Committee, 1981-83; and (iii) L.I.C. Employees Congress, Trivandrum* Division; Vice-President, Kerala Students Union, State Committee, 1983-97; General-Secretary, Kerala Students Union, 1987-90; Chairman, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Legal Studies, Trivandrum; Member, (i) Central Board of Fisheries, 1991-96; (ii) Telecom Advisory Committee, Kerala Circle, 1991-96; Convenor, Congress MPs of Kerala, 2009 - till date; Vice-Chairman, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan 2005 - 2008; Secretary, All India Congress Committee; General Secretary, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and All India Youth Congress; Office bearer of several Trade Unions * Now Thiruvananthapuram
