Party Name : Janata Dal (Secular)
Constituency : Calicut
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Padmaprabha Gowder
Mother's Name : Smt. Marudevi
Date of birth : 15 Aug 1937
Profession : Social Worker Writer, Businessperson
Positions held :
1968-70 All India Treasureir, Samyuktha Socialist Party1970 onwards Member, National Executive, Socialist Party, S.S.P., J.P. and J.D.1974 National Secretary, Socialist Party1975 Convenor, Opposition United Front, Kerala1977 Secretary, J.P., Kerala1983 Vice-President, J.P., Kerala1987-91 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly1987 Minister of Forests, Government of Kerala1988 Chairman, Policy Planning Committee, J.D. Kerala1993 President, J.D., Kerala1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha21Feb.- 9June 1997 Minister of State, Finance (Deptt. of Expenditure)10June 1997- March 1998 Minister of State for Labour (Independent charge) with additional charges as Minister of State, Urban Affairs & Employment (Independent charges) and Parliamentary AffairsMember, Committee on Agriculture2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)-- Member,Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management16 Aug. 2006-onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women5 Aug. 2007 Member, Committee on Agriculture
More Information :
Books Published
(i) Samanwayathinte Vasantham, (ii) Budhante Chiri, (iii) Gattum Kanacharadukalum, (iv) Ramante Dukham, (v) Atmavilekkoru Theerthayatra (vi) Prathibhayute Verukal Thedi, (vii) Changampuzha Vidhiyute Vettamrigam, (viii) Amasonum Kure Vyakulathakalum (all in Malayalam)
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Awarded, (i) Kerala Sahitya Academy - C.B. Kumar Endowment Award, (ii) C. Achutha Menon Award, (iii) G. Sankarakurup Literary Award, (iv) Darsana Award, (v) Bharat Soorya Award and (vi) Dubai Malayalee Association Award
Social And Cultural Activities
Social activist in the forefront of all people struggles in Kerala during the last five decades; President, (i) A.K.P. Jain Boarding Trust; and (ii) A.K. P. Jain Temple Trust
Special Interests
Reading on an electic variety of subjects, environment and newspaper management Reading on an eclectic variety of subjects, environment and newspaper management
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Phtography, music and reading
Sports and Clubs
Cricket
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (more than 22 countries)
Other Information
Deputy Speaker, Student`s Union, Zamorin`s College, Kozhikode, 1953; Chairman and Managing Director, `Mathrubhumi` since 1979; Chairman, Press Trust of India, 1988; Director, P.T.I. ; President, India News Paper Society; Member, (I) International Press Institue and (ii) Commonwealth Press Union ; avid collector of watches & pens (a taste inherited from his father)
