Prayar Gopalakrishnan (20 September 1949 – 4 June 2022) was an

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 ...

politician from

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. He was the president of

Travancore Devaswom Board Travancore Devaswom Board is statutory and autonomous body managing around 1252 temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the ...

. He was an MLA of Kerala and a member of KPCC.

Career

Prayar began his political career through

Kerala Students Union The Kerala Students Union (abbreviated KSU) is the largest students organization in Kerala, India. It functions as the student wing of the INC. Organisation have strong ideology of Indian National Congress party. KSU was founded in 1957 at A ...

. He was the Kollam district president of KSU and

Indian Youth Congress The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. The Indian Youth Congress was a department of the Indian National Congress from the period just after the Partition of India in 1947 until the late 1960s. Whil ...

and college union chairman of SN College, Kollam. He was founder-president of the Kerala State Milk Societies Association, and a long-time chairman of

Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation The Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF), known by its trade name 'Milma'', is a state government cooperative society established in 1980 headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram. It is an India state government cooperative own ...

(Milma) from its inception to 2000. He was instrumental in Milma's growth as a major institution in the cooperative sector. Gopalakrishnan also served as vice president, Indian Dairy Association, and member,

National Dairy Development Board The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is a statutory body set up by an Act of the Parliament of India and an Institution of National Importance. It is under administrative control of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairyin ...

. He was elected to

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 ...

from Chadayamangalam constituency in 2001.

Death

He died on 4 June 2022 due to heart attack while traveling.

References

1949 births 2022 deaths Politicians from Kollam district Kerala MLAs 2001–2006 Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala {{Kerala-INC-politician-stub