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C. N. Balakrishnan
C. N. Balakrishnan (; 18 November 1934 – 10 December 2018) was an Indian politician. He was the minister for Co-operation, Khadi and Village Industries and Pollution Control -Government of Kerala under the Oommen Chandy Ministry Term 2, Oommen Chandy Ministry. He became the representative in the Wadakkanchery constituency in Kerala after winning in the 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2011 Assembly elections. Early life Balakrishnan was born at Puzhakkal near Thrissur to parents Narayanan Ezhuthachan and Paruamma in 1934. After completing his education at Sree Ramakrishnasramam school, he became a Khadi worker. Later, he married Thankamoney, a teacher and a member of the Arakkal family, and they had two daughters, C. B. Geetha and Mini Balram. Balakrishnan was always close to the leader K. Karunakaran, whom he worked with for more than 50 years. He was a strong leader in cooperative unions, beginning when he formed a fisherman society. He led the Thrissur mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Co-operation
Cooperation (written as co-operation in British English and, with a varied usage along time, coöperation) takes place when a group of organisms works or acts together for a collective benefit to the group as opposed to working in competition for selfish individual benefit. In biology, many animal and plant species cooperate both with other members of their own species and with members of other species with whom they have (symbiotic or mutualistic) relationships. Among humans Humans cooperate for the same reasons as other animals: immediate benefit, genetic relatedness, and reciprocity, but also for particularly human reasons, such as honesty signaling (indirect reciprocity), cultural group selection, and for reasons having to do with cultural evolution. Language allows humans to cooperate on a very large scale. Certain studies have suggested that fairness affects human cooperation; individuals are willing to punish at their own cost (''altruistic punishment'') if they be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
