Pannian Ravindran

Pannian Ravindran
Ravindran in 2012
Secretary of the Communist Party of India Kerala State Council
In office
10 April 2012 (2012-04-10) – 2 March 2015 (2015-03-02)
Preceded byC. K. Chandrappan
Succeeded byKanam Rajendran
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1 January 2005 (2005-01-01) – 1 January 2009 (2009-01-01)
Preceded byP. K. Vasudevan Nair
Succeeded byShashi Tharoor
ConstituencyThiruvananthapuram
CPI Central Secretariat Member
In office
2016–2019
CPI Central Control Commission Chairman
In office
2019–2022
Personal details
Born (1945-12-22) 22 December 1945
Kakkat, Kannur, Kerala, India
PartyCommunist Party of India
SpouseRatnavally
Children3
Parent(s)Smt. Yasodha (mother)
Shri C.P. Raman (father)
As of 23 September, 2006

Pannian Ravindran (born 22 December 1945) is an Indian[1] politician from Kerala and former state secretary of Kerala State Committee of CPI (Communist Party of India) from 2012 to 2015. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India and represented the Thiruvananthapuram constituency.

Early Life & Education

Ravindran lived in a thatched house with mud walls as a child, his family was politically involved with the CPI.[2] His father died when he was 12 and due to poverty, he stopped going to school and started working at a beedi factory in Kakkad in order to support his family. His weekly wage was 50 paise.[2] Therefore his education is a 5th pass.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Pannian Ravindran Indian Parliament profile". Loksabha. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Once an MP without a car, Pannyan Raveendran, the Communist leader who upheld simplicity, turns 80". Mathrubhumi News. 22 December 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Pannian Ravindran, Communist Party of India". Times of India. Retrieved 21 March 2026.