V. N. Vasavan Explained

V. N. Vasavan
Birth Date:1954 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Mattakkara, Kottayam
Office:Minister for Devasoms,
Government of Kerala
Term Start:23 June 2024
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Pinarayi Vijayan
Predecessor:K. Radhakrishnan
Office2:Member of Kerala Assembly
Term Start2:24 May 2021
Predecessor2:K. Suresh Kurup
Constituency2:Ettumanoor
Term Start3:2006
Term End3:2011
Predecessor3:Mercy Ravi
Successor3:Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan
Constituency3:Kottayam
Nationality:Indian
Party:Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Office1:Minister for Ports and Co-operation,
Government of Kerala
Termstart1:20 May 2021
1Namedata1:Pinarayi Vijayan
1Blankname1:Chief Minister

V.N. Vasavan (Born in 1954) is an Indian politician and the current Minister for Ports and Cooperation and Minister for Devaswoms, Government of Kerala[1] in the second Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry.[2] Now he is also the MLA from Ettumanoor assembly constituency[3] of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for Kottayam district.[4] Vasavan is the member of the Kerala Legislature for the constituency of Ettumanoor.[5]

Political career

Vasavan entered politics through student federation. Then he was district joint secretary of KSYF and DYFI. He became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1974, elected as a District Committee Member in 1991, as District Secretariat Member in 1997 and as Kottayam District Secretary in the district conference held at Ettumanoor on 18 January 2015.[6] Vasavan is one of the State Committee members of CPIM Kerala.

He was a member of Pampady Grampanchayath, President Pampady Housing Cooperative Society, President of Kottayam District Cooperative Bank, Director of State Cooperative Bank, General Secretary Kerala Private Hospital Employees Federation, Syndicate Member Sree Shankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady and District President of CITU, Kottayam.

Vasavan contested the Kerala Legislature elections from Puthuppally in 1987 and 1991 and from Kottayam in 2006 and 2011. He was MLA for Kottayam between 2006 and 2011. Now Vasavan is the District Secretary of CPI(M), Kottayam District, State Committee Member of CPI(M),[7] Director Board Member of RUBCO,[8] General Council and Working Committee member of CITU,[9] President of the Navalokam Cultural Center, General Secretary Pampady Range Toddy Workers Union and President Captain Lakshmy Charitable Society. Vasavan is the Advisory Board Chairman of ABHAYAM CHARITABLE SOCIETY Kottayam.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GOVERNMENT OF KERALA - NOTIFICATION . https://web.archive.org/web/20210530235021/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791 . 2021-05-30 . 2021-05-20.
  2. Web site: 2024-06-20 . വകുപ്പുകളിലും മാറ്റം; ദേവസ്വം വാസവന്, പാർലമെന്ററികാര്യം എംബി രാജേഷിന് . 2024-06-20 . Mathrubhumi.
  3. Web site: Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213745/http://www.deshabhimani.com/epaper-19-01-2015-1-1-0.html . 2015-09-23.
  4. Web site: Communist Party of India (Marxist) | State Committee, Kerala.
  5. Web site: ജില്ലയെ കുറിച്ച് (About the district) .
  6. News: V.N. Vasavan to head CPI(M) in Kottayam . . 19 January 2015 . 21 January 2015.
  7. Web site: സംസ്ഥാന കമ്മിറ്റിയില്‍ 15 പുതുമുഖങ്ങള്‍ - Latest News - Mathrubhumi . www.mathrubhumi.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223111327/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=525306 . 2015-02-23.
  8. Web site: Kerala state Rubber Co-operative Limited | an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company Kerala state Rubber Co-operative Limited | an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company.
  9. Web site: Official Website :: Centre of Indian Trade Unions.