| N. Sreekantan Nair | |
| Birth Place: | Ambalapuzha, Travancore |
| Death Place: | Quilon, Kerala, India |
| Constituency Mp: | Quilon Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Term Start: | 1952 |
| Term End: | 1957 |
| Constituency Mp2: | Quilon (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Term Start2: | 1962 |
| Term End2: | 1980 |
| Predecessor2: | V. Parameswaran Nayar |
| Successor2: | B.K. Nair |
| Party: | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| Education: | M.A. (English), Maharajas College |
| Spouse: | K. MaheshwariAmma |
| Children: | 1 |
N. Sreekantan Nair (15 July 1915 – 20 July 1983) was an Indian politician, independence activist, trade unionist and writer[1] who served as a Member of Parliament for Kollam.[2]
He was born on 15 July 1915 as the only son of N. Neelakanta Pillai M.A. (Eng), (Mal), (Sanskrit). Pillai was a Principal of Government Sanskrit College, Trivandrum and authored several books in the three languages and JanakiAmma. He married activist Maheshwari Amma, daughter of freedom fighter K. K. Kunju Pillai. They have a daughter, Naja.[3]
Nair passed his S.S.L.C. from M.G.M High School, Thiruvalla in 1932. He joined the St. Berchmans College, Changanassery where he completed his Intermediate in 1934. He passed his M.A. degree in English with first class from Maharajas College (now University College, Trivandrum) in 1937.
He was a member of the State Congress in the erstwhile state of Travancore, and a founder of the Kerala Socialist Party which later merged into the Revolutionary Socialist Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in the General Elections of 1952 from Quilon cum Mavelikara constituency, but lost the 1957 elections to V. P. Nair. He won the next four elections (1962, 1967, 1971, 1977) representing Kollam Parliament Constituency. He devoted his political life to the trade union sector in Kerala.
He translated the book 'Kayar'(Coir) of Jnanpith winner Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai to English. He was a board member of the Sahithya Pravarthaka Saharkarna Sanghom and member of Kerala Sahitya Akademi.