N.K. Premachandran

N.K Premachandran MP
Member of Parliament for Kollam
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2014
Preceded by	N. Peethambarakurup
In office 1996–1999
Preceded by	S. Krishna Kumar
Succeeded by	P. Rajendran
Personal details
Born	(1960-05-25) May 25, 1960 Navaikulam, Kerala, India
Political party	Revolutionary Socialist Party
Spouse(s)	Dr.S Geetha
Children	1 son
Religion	Hindu

N. K. Premachandran is an Indian politician.He is the present Member of Parliament from Kollam Loksabha constituency. He is the former minister for Water Resources in the government of Kerala, and is responsible for irrigation, ground water development, water supply and sanitation. He was the Member of Parliament of India in both the Houses of the parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha). He is known for his excellent public speeches. An extensively travelled Premachandran had written a book "Oh Iraq" based on his travel experience to Iraq. N.K. Premachandran is currently the Central Secretariat Member of the Revolutionary Socialtist Party. ^[1]

He was instrumental in taking up the issue of the safety of Mullaperiyar dam. Now, he has got a death threat for taking up the issue.

He initiated a number of innovative steps in drinking water sector. He began the consultancy wing of Kerala Water Authority called Wascon and mooted the bottled water plant and pipe factory.

Education

LLB Passed from Thiruvananthapuram Law college with record marks and with First Rank in 1985

BSc from FMNC Kollam

Political History

• Navaikulam Grama Panchayat Member (1987–95).
• Member Thiruvananthapuram District Panchayat (1995)
• Lok Sabha member from Kollam Parliament Constituency (1996–1998)
• Member of Rajya Sabha (2000–2006).
• Elected to Assembly in 2006 and became Minister for Water Resources(2006–2011).
• He left the LDF and contested in the Kollam constituency as an UDF candidate
• Elected as the Member of the Parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Kollam Parliament constituency

References

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Kerala State 15th LS Members 17th LS Members GE 2014 K. C. Venugopal P. K. Biju Dr A Sampath Innocent K V Thomas Joice George P. K. Sreemathy P. Karunakaran N. K. Premachandran Jose K Mani M. K. Raghavan E Ahamed Kodikunnil Suresh M B Rajesh Anto Antony E. T. Mohammed Basheer Shashi Tharoor C. N. Jayadevan Mullappally Ramachandran M I Shanavas Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from States: AP BH CT GA GJ HR HP JK JH KL KA MP MH OR PB RJ TN TS UP UT WB Northeast: AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union Territories: AN CH DN DD LD DL PY