Vakkom Purushothaman , Shri

Party Name : Congress (I)
Constituency : Alleppey
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 9

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VAKKOM PURUSHOTHAMAN, SHRI, M.A., LL.B. (Congress (1)—Kerala, Alleppey, 1989]:  s. of K. Bhanu Panicker; b. at Vakkom, Trivandrum District, Kerala, April 12, 1928; ed. at AMU, Aligarh; m. Lily Purushothaman, January 26, 1958, 2 s. and 1 d.; Lawyer, Political and Social Worker; participated in freedom struggle;  Public Offices held:  Member, Vakkom Panchayat Samiti, Kerala, 1953; State Minister, Kerala, 1971-77, 1980-81; Speaker, Kerala, 1982-December 1984. Previous Association with Political Parties:  President, DCC, Kerala, 1967-71, Gen. Secy. PCC (I), Kerala, 1978-80;

Previous Membership:  Eighth Lok Sabha, 1984-89; Legislative Assembly, Kerala, 1970-December 1984;

Committee Experience:  Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings, 1987-89 and Committee on Subordinate Legislation; Member, General Purposes Committee, January 24, 1990, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation, 1990 and Consultative Committee, constituted under Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987' January 29, 1990; Member, Panel  of Chairmen, December 20, 1989;

Delegation to Foreign Countries:  Member, IPD to several countries; 

Travels Abroad:  Widely travelled;  Other Information:  Member, Syndicate, Kerala University; imprisonment in 1956 in connection with High Court Agitation and in 1978 for protest against Mrs. Indira Gandhi's arrest;

Permanent Address:  Kumarapuram, Trivandrum, Kerala.