Veena George

Veena George
MLA
Preceded by K Sivadasan Nair
MLA
Assumed office
2016
Constituency Aranmula
Personal details
Political party Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse(s) George Joseph
Children Yes
Residence Mylapra, Kerala
Occupation News Anchor,Editor, Television host, Politician

Veena George is an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and represents Aranmula constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Prior to joining politics, she has worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years. She is also the first female executive editor among Malayalam news channels.

Education

Veena George has a Post Graduate degree in Physics from Kerala University.

Personal life

Veena George is married to Dr. George Joseph who is the Association Secretary of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Career

Television Career

Veena George began her career at Kairali TV as a journalist trainee.She left Kairali TV and joined Manorama News as a news anchor. At Manorama News she was also in charge of programmes named Pularvela and Ee lokham etc.Later she was associated with Malayalam news channels Indiavision and TV New. At Indiavision she was the chief news editor.She joined TV New in February 2015 as the Executive Editor.[1]

As Politician

Veena George has been nominated as the candidate for Aranmula assembly constituency by CPM state secretariat for Kerala Assembly Elections, 2016.[2]

She was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Aranmula assembly constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2016 by defeating congress veteran K Sivadasan Nair of Indian National Congress by a margin of 7646 votes.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Veena George, the first woman Executive Editor in the history of Malayalam TV news
  2. ↑ CPM approves candidatures of Mukesh, Veena George
  3. ↑ Red wave in Pathanamthitta


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