Binoy Viswam
| Binoy Viswam | |
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| Born | November 25, 1955 |
| Spouse(s) | Shaila |
| Children | Reshmi,Surya |
Benoy Viswam was the Forest Minister in the Government of Kerala.[1] He is a senior Communist Party of India (CPI) leader and the president of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Employees' Federation.
He entered politics through All India Students Federation (AISF), as Unit Secretary of AISF in Vaikom Government Boys High School. He also elected as Union Chairman of St. Pauls College, Kalamassery. He was elected as Member of Kerala University Union and Syndicate member of Cochin University of Science and Technology. Later he became State President and All India Secretary of AISF. He also was elected as State Secretary of All India Youth Federation (AIYF). He served as Vice President of World Federation of Democratic youth and also Head of its Asia Pacific Commission. He became a CPI member at the age of 18. He was Member of National Council of CPI during the period 1992–98. He also served as Kerala Agricultural University Senate Member and Director Board Member of KTDC.
He received several prizes in elocution and essay writings in university youth festivals and intercollegiate debates. He won "Ambassador of Friendship Among World Youth Award" instituted by the Young Communist League of the Soviet Union. He also received "Banner of Youth Unity" and diploma awarded by the World Youth Federation.
Personal life
Binoy is married to Shaila. Shaila is working in the Kerala Gramin Bank as on officer at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. For a short spell she was with Nottingham University as a creative writer. The couple is having two daughters Reshmi & Surya.Reshmi is working in Hindu & got married to Shamsudeen working in Deshabimani. Surya is a law graduate from Colombia and married to a lawyer. Both of them are settled in Delhi. Both Binoy Viswam and Shaila are children of two prominent Communist Party leaders of Kerala. Binoy Viswam is the son of C.K.Viswanathan who was a leader of the Communist Party of India. He was the Asst Secretary of its State Committee and is a well known campaigner and strategist. Shaila Binoy alias Shaila George is the daughter of Koothattukulam Mary, a Party leader turned teacher. Both Binoy Viswam and Shaila now stays at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
See also
- List of Kerala ministers
References
- ↑ "Council of Ministers - Kerala". Kerala Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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