Pandalam Sudhakaran (born 22 November 1955, in Pandalam, Kerala, India) is an Indian politician who belongs to

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

party. He became elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1982 as Congress party candidate from Wandoor Constituency. He got elected again in 1982, '87 and '91 from the same constituency.

Political positions held

*1978–1982 Kerala Students Union Vice President, General Secretary *1982–1989 Youth Congress Vice President, General Secretary *1982–1996 Member,

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 30 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 ...

(Wandoor) *1989–1992 Youth Congress State President *1987–1991 Whip, Congress Legislative Party *1991–1996 Minister for Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, Sports and Youth Affairs, CADA in K. Karunakaran Govt. *1995–1996 Minister Excise and Sc/ST, Backward Community in A K Antony Govt. He was a member of the Gandhiji University Syndicate,

Calicut University The University of Calicut, also known as Calicut University, is a state-run public university headquartered at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district of the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1968, it is the first university to be set up in no ...

Senate, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) executive, AICC, Trivandrum Doordarshan Kendra Advisory Board. He was a Jury member of Kerala state film award committee. He was director of

Kerala State Film Development Corporation Kerala State Film Development Corporation (abbreviated as KSFDC), is an organization founded by the Government of Kerala, India for promoting the film market in the state. It was founded in 1975, a period when the production of Malayalam films ...

. KPCC General Secretary, Chairman

Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) is a Public sector undertakings in Kerala, public sector undertaking that conducts and regulates the tourism activities in the Indian state of Kerala. The KTDC is headquartered at Thiruvananthapur ...

(KTDC), Director of JaiHind TV, and Vice Chairman of the Malayalam Cine technicians Association (MACTA), Executive Board Member of Kerala Kalamandalam, Spokesman of KPCC (from 2013 onwards).

References

www.thehindu.comwww.stateofkerala.in Pandalam Sudhakran websiteImages from The Hindu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sudhakaran, Pandalam 1955 births Politicians from Thiruvananthapuram Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala People from Pathanamthitta Malayalam-language lyricists Kerala MLAs 1982–1987 Kerala MLAs 1987–1991 Kerala MLAs 1991–1996