Venugopal , Shri K. C.

Venugopal , Shri K. C.

Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Alappuzha
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16

Father's Name : Shri Kunjikrishnan Nambi
Mother's Name : Smt. Janaki Amma
Date of birth : 04 Feb 1963
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
1996-2009 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (Three Terms)2004-06 Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Kerala2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Estimates31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and CultureMember, Railway Convention CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture22 Jul. 2010 Member, India-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group19 Jan 2011 - 28 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Power28 Oct. 2012 - 2014 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Civil AviationMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and CultureDeputy Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party (Lok Sabha)Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development27 April 2015 onwards Member, Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.)11 May 2016 onwards Member, Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provision (Amendment) Bill, 2016
More Information :
Books Published
Published many articles on various social and political issues in major Malayalam dailies and periodicals
 
 
Social And Cultural Activities
Social service
 
Special Interests
Environmental issues
 
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading
 
Sports and Clubs
Volley Ball, University Volley Ball Team Member; College Team Captain, Payyannur College, Kannur, won many prizes and awards in many sports competitions like sportsmeet for MLAs 2008, Kerala Assembly and individual Champion, MLA Sportsmeet
 
Countries Visited
Bahrain, France, Germany, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, UAE, UK and USA
 
Other Information
State President (i) Indian Youth Congress (I), Kerala (ii) KSU (I), a State Unit of NSUI (I) (iii) AICC (iv) Senate, Kerala University (v) Pariyaram Medical College and (vi) Kerala Sports Council; Member, K.P.C.C Executive Committee