Binoy Viswam is an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Kerala representing the

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

(CPI) and was its Parliamentary Party leader. A member of the CPI National Secretariat, he is currently the State Secretary of CPI Kerala State Committee, the Editor of

New Age Weekly The ''New Age'' is the central organ of the Communist Party of India. The first editor was S. V. Ghate and started in 1934 as a monthly journal. Binoy Viswam is the current editor of ''New Age Weekly''. Columns Education Study and Struggle Auth ...

- the central organ of CPI and the Working President of the

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. He served as the Minister for Forests & Housing in the

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during 2006–2011. He was earlier elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Nadapuram constituency and served as Member, Estimates Committee; chairman, Assurance Committee; and was one of the five members of the Constituency Delimitation Committee. He is a senior

(CPI) leader and the president of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Employees' Federation.

Early life and political career

Binoy was born to C.K. Viswanathan and Omana on 25 November 1955 in

Vaikom Vaikom () is a Municipalities of Kerala, municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala. It is located north of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital of Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, V ...

Kottayam Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of ...

. He entered politics from his school days through the

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(AISF) as Unit Secretary of AISF in Vaikom Government Boys High School. He was also elected as Union Chairman of

St. Paul's College, Kalamassery St. Paul's College, Kalamassery located at Kochi (India), Kochi was founded by Joseph Attipetty, the late Archbishop of Verapoly to commemorate the historic visit of Pope Paul VI to India in connection with the 38th International Eucharistic Con ...

. He was elected as a member of the

Kerala University University of Kerala (formerly known as University of Travancore) is a state-run public university in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chithira ...

Union and a syndicate member of

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. Later he became State President and All India Secretary of AISF. He also was elected as State Secretary of the

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(AIYF). He served as vice president of the

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(WFDY) and also head of its Asia Pacific Commission. He became a CPI member at the age of 18. He was a member of the National Council of CPI during the period 1992–98. He also served as

Kerala Agricultural University Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is a State university (India), state university for agricultural education, recognised as a State Agricultural University by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It is situated in Vellanikkara ...

Senate Member and Director Board Member of KTDC. After the demise of Kanam Rajendran, he was elected as the secretary of the CPI Kerala state committee in 2023.

Personal life

Binoy Viswam is married to Shaila George. She worked in the Kerala Gramin Bank as an officer at Thiruvananthapuram. She has completed a course from

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, in creative writing. Both Binoy and Shaila are the children of two prominent Communist Party leaders. The couple has two daughters, Rasmi & Surya. Rasmi is working at

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. Surya is a law graduate from

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, and is practicing at the

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. Binoy is the son of C.K. Viswanathan, who was a leader of the

. He was the assistant secretary of its state committee and is a well-known campaigner and strategist. Shaila is the daughter of Koothattukulam Mary, a party leader turned teacher.

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Early life and political career

Personal life

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