Kadakampally Surendran

Kadakampally Surendran (born 12 October 1952) is an Indian politician, who is the current Minister for Co- Operation, Tourism and Devaswom in the Pinarayi Vijayan ministry of the Government of Kerala.

Kadakampally Surendran
Minister for Co-Operation, Tourism and Devaswom, Government of Kerala
Assumed office
25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)
Preceded by
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 June 2016 (2016-06-02)
Preceded byM. A. Vaheed
ConstituencyKazhakkoottam
Minister for Electricity, Government of Kerala
In office
25 May 2016 (2016-05-25) – 29 November 2016 (2016-11-29)
Preceded byAryadan Muhammed
Succeeded byM. M. Mani
Thiruvananthapuram District Committee Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
2007 (2007) – 2016 (2016)
Preceded byPirappancode Murali
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
1996 (1996) – 2001 (2001)
Preceded byM. V. Raghavan
Succeeded byM. A. Vaheed
ConstituencyKazhakkoottam
Personal details
Born
K. Surendran

(1952-10-12) 12 October 1952[1]
Thiruvananthapuram, State of Travancore–Cochin
(present day Kerala), India
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse(s)Sulekha Surendran
Children2
Parents
  • C. K. Krishnan Kutty
  • Bhagavathi Kutty
ResidencePattom, Thiruvananthapuram

A member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he is presently a member of the Kerala State Committee of the party. He served as its Thiruvananthapuram District Committee Secretary for nine years from 2007 – 2016.

Kadakampally has been a prominent figure of the CPI(M) and other leftist progressive movements in the district of Thiruvananthapuram for more than four decades. He is also a forefronter in the trade union activities in the state of Kerala.

Early life and Education

Born as the son of C. K. Krishnan Kutty and Bhagavathi Kutty on 12 October 1952 at Kadakampally of Thiruvananthapuram district, Surendran had his education from Sambhuvattom Lower Primary School, Madhavapuram Upper Primary School, St. Joseph High School, S N College, Chempazhanthy and University College, Thiruvananthapuram.

Personal life

His wife Sulekha is a retired Asst. HM from AMHSS, Thirumala, Thiruvananthapuram. She belongs to Sreekaryam. The couple have two sons Arun Surendran and Anoop Surendran.

Political life

Right from his school days, he was active in student movements and cultural activities. He came to political front and social activities from his constant association with youth organizations .

In the year 1974, he became a member of CPI(M). He served the party as its Secretary, Anayara Branch , Secretary , Local Committee Petta , Secretary, Vanchiyur Area Committee, Member, District Committee Trivandrum and Secretary , District Committee Trivandrum. In 2008, he was elected as a member, Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) in its 19th State Conference which was Held at Kottayam .

Other mass organizations

Presently, he is the member of the National Council of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), a socialist organisation of trade unions in India .He serves as the office-bearer of many trade unions including Auto-Taxi Workers Federation, K.S.F.D.C Employees Union, C-DIT Employees Association, Co-operative Academy of Professional Education (CAPE) Employees Union and SPATO .

Parliamentary positions held
  1. Served as the Vice-President of Kadakampally Grama Panchayat (1977-1982).
  2. Elected to the first District Council with a mammoth margin from Pettah division (1990-1991).
  3. Elected as Member of Legislative Assembly of Kerala with a mammoth margin of more than 24000 votes from Kazhakuttom constituency and was the chairman of Backward Caste Welfare Committee (1996-2001).[2]
  4. Elected twice to the Syndicate of the University of Kerala (2006 & 2014).
  5. Served as the President, Thiruvananthapuram District Library Council for 15 years (1995-2010).
  6. Served as the President, Kerala State Co-Operative Bank (2006-2008).[3]

References
  1. "Members - Kerala Legislature" (PDF).
  2. "Members - Kerala Legislature".
  3. "State Cooperative Bank to launch monthly income scheme for the aged". The Hindu. 24 March 2007.

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