Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan

Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan തിരുവഞ്ചൂര്‍ രാധാകൃഷ്ണന്‍
Minister for Forest Transport, Sports, Environment, and Cinema, Kerala
In office 18 May 2011 – 31 December 2013
Governor	H. R. Bhardwaj
Succeeded by	Ramesh Chennithala
Constituency	Kottayam
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-26) December 26, 1949 Thiruvanchoor, Kottayam
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Lalithambika Radhakrishnan
Children	Two sons and one daughter
Religion	Hindu, Nair

Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan (Malayalam:തിരുവഞ്ചൂര്‍ രാധാകൃഷ്ണന്‍ ) (born 26 Dec 1949) is an Indian politician.^[1] From 13 April 2012 to 1 January 2014 he was the Home Minister in Oommen Chandry Ministry, Government of Kerala.^[2] He was holding the Vigilance Portfolio, handed over from the current Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.^{[citation needed]} He has handed over the charges of Home Ministry to Ramesh Chennithala from 1 January 2014 and taken the Forest, Transport, Sports, Cinema & Environment portfolios.^[3]

Personal life

Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan was born to K. P. Parameswaran Pillai and M. G. Gourikutty on 26 December 1949 at Thiruvanchoor, Kottayam, Travancore Cochin, India. He has completed B.A and Bachelor of Law (L.L.B) degrees. Radhakrishnan got married to Lalithambika.Lalitha worked as a cashier in Punjab National Bank.The couple has two sons Dr. Anupam Radhakrishnan & Arjun Radhakrishnan & a daughter Athira Radhakrishnan.Anupam Radakrishnan is an aerospace engineer.Arjun got married to Vindu Anupam who worksas a chemical engineer. Arjun completed his B.Tech from Saint Gits College of Engineering & later pursued his masters in Thermal Fluids from Rochester Institute of Technology Newyork. He got married to Gopika Sajeev on 1 December 2013. Athira is an engineering graduate from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering Kothamangalam & got married to Sandeep on 18 November 2012.Both are working in Infosys America.^[4]

Political Life

Thiruvanchoor entered public service as a student activist, through Balajanasakhyam, KSU and Youth Congress, rising to become the leader of various youth organizations. Thiruvanchoor, at different times, held many important positions within KSU, Youth Congress and KPCC. Some of them include:

President, All Kerala Balajanasakhyam (1965)

Chairman, Baselias College union and General Secretary (1967)

KSU State General secretary (1967)

KSU State President (1967)

Youth Congress State President (1978)

KPCC General Secretary (1984-2001)

Opposition Chief Whip(12th Kerala Assembly)

He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 from Adoor and currently represents Kottayam Constituency. He also served as the General Secretary of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee(I).

Administrative Roles

UDF Government 2004 - 2006:

Minister of Irrigation & Water Resources (2004-2006),

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (2004-2006),

Minister of Forest (March 2005),

Minister of Health (January 2006).

UDF Government 2011–Present:

Minister of Revenue (May 2011- April 2012),

Home Minister (April 2012 - December 2013),

Minister for Forests, Sports, Cinema, Road Transport, Environment (January 2014 – Present).

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