M. V. Shreyams Kumar Explained

M. V. Shreyams Kumar
Birth Date:15 April 1967
Birth Place:Kalpetta, Kerala, India
Nationality:Indian
Residence:Kalpetta
Office:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha[1]
Term End:2 April 2022
Constituency:Kerala
Predecessor:M. P. Veerendra Kumar
Successor:P. Santhosh Kumar
Office1:Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency1:Kalpetta
Predecessor1:K. K. Ramachandran
Successor1:C. K. Saseendran
Party:Rashtriya Janata Dal
Spouse:Kavitha Shreyams Kumar
Children:Gags, Rishabh + 2 more

Maniyankode Veerendrakumar Shreyams Kumar (born 15 April 1967) is an Indian politician and former member of the 12th and 13th Kerala Legislative Assembly, who served from 2006 to 2016 representing the Kalpetta constituency.[2] He is the son of late M. P. Veerendra Kumar, a notable politician from Kerala.

Presently, he is the Managing Director of Mathrubhumi newspaper and former member of Janata Dal (United) party.[3]

Career

He entered politics as the district secretary of Janata Dal (Secular). Later on, he became the secretary general of Yuva Janata, the youth wing of Janata Dal. In 2000, he became the Director of Marketing and Electronic Media of Mathrubhumi newspaper. He was first elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2006, from Kalpetta constituency, again in 2011 until 2016. He is now the Managing Director of the Mathrubhumi.

Personal life

Shreyams Kumar is the son of M. P. Veerendra Kumar and Usha. He was born in Kalpetta on 15 April 1967. He did his PGDBA from Kings Langley College of Management, London. He is married to Kavitha. They have three daughters and a son.

Notes and References

  1. News: M.V. Shreyams Kumar takes his father's Rajya Sabha seat. Arjun Raghunath. 24 August 2020 . 24 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Members - Kerala Legislature . www.niyamasabha.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120512061159/http://niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/m_v_sreyams_kumar.htm . 2012-05-12.
  3. News: Balasubrahmanian. Deepa. In some areas, print is losing its relevance: Shreyams Kumar. 22 April 2016. 11 Sep 2013. During his tenure, Mathrubhumi is dominated by some pro-feminist groups and is now known as the pioneer misandristic newspaper in Malayalam.