E. Chandrasekharan Nair (2 December 1928 – 29 November 2017) was an Indian politician, Minister of
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
and leader of the
Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925.
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Biography
Shri. E. Chandrasekharan Nair, one of the seniormost leaders of CPI and co-operator, was born as the son of Shri. E. Easwara Pillai at
Kottarakkara
Kottarakkara (IAST: Koṭṭārakkara), also transliterated as ''Kottarakara'', is a town and municipality in the Kollam district of the Kerala, India. The town is close to Kollam Port, which has a rich history linked to the early medieval per ...
in Kerala on 2 December 1928.
Having entered active politics at a young age, he had joined Students Congress while at
Annamalai University
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, then joined Indian Socialist Party (ISP) and subsequently the Communist Party in 1952. He was a law graduate and practiced as a lawyer till 1970.
A strong advocate of
co-operative movement
The history of the cooperative movement concerns the origins and history of cooperatives across the world. Although cooperative arrangements, such as mutual insurance, and principles of cooperation existed long before, the cooperative movement bega ...
, he had a long association with the co-operative sector, especially in
Kollam
Kollam (), also known by its former name Quilon , is an ancient seaport and city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The city i ...
district. He was the President of Kollam District Co-operative Bank for more than 29 years and had the rare opportunity of getting elected as the Chairman of All India State Co-operative Bank Federation and the Vice-President of National Co-operative Union and member of the Central Committee of the International Co-operative Alliance and member of Agriculture Credit Board of RBI.
Shri. Chandrasekharan Nair became elected to the 1st
Kerala Legislative Assembly
The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...
(KLA) from
Kottarakkara constituency, contesting as a Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate. He was elected also to 3rd KLA from Kottarakkara , as CPI candidate. However he resigned his membership on 1 February 1970, to make way for the election of Chief Minister
C. Achutha Menon
Chelat Achutha Menon (13 January 1913 – 16 August 1991) was the Chief Minister of Kerala state for two terms. The first term was from 1 November 1969 to 1 August 1970 and the second 4 October 1970 to 25 March 1977. He was instrumental in ...
to KLA. He represented
Chadayamangalam constituency in the 5th & 6th KLA. In 1987 he won from
Pathanapuram
Pathanapuram is a Town in Pathanapuram Taluk Kollam district, Kerala, India. Pathanapuram is a part of Grama Panchayat and Block panchayat of same name and part of Kollam District Panchayat.
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In the Ministry headed by Shri.
E. K. Nayanar, he was the Minister for Food, & Civil Supplies and Housing from 25 January 1980, to 20 October 1981. In addition to the portfolio of Food and Civil Supplies, he handled the portfolio of Animal Husbandry & Dairy Development from 2 April 1987, to 17 June 1991, in the Ministry headed by Shri. E.K. Nayanar. In the 10th KLA he represented
Karunagappalli
Karunagappally is a municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is 24 km north of Kollam and south of Alappuzha. Karunagappally taluk consists of Alappad, Ochira, Adinad, Karunagappally, Thazhava, Pavumba, Thodiyoor, Kallali ...
, and was the Minister for Food, Tourism & Law from 20 May 1996, to 13 May 2001. Also he took the initiative to start a Government engineering college in Karunagappalli. As a result
College of Engineering Karunagappally
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commonly known as CEK,
started functioning during the year 1999 under
Institute of human resources development for electronics IHRDE (Now IHRD).
In 1980, Shri. Chandrasekharan Nair was appointed Chairman of the Adhoc Committee for the formation of Subject Committees, which recommended the formation of ten Subject Committees for the detailed scrutiny of budget, an innovative concept in the Legislative history of India. The Committee formed under his Chairmanship in 1999 had also given recommendations to streamline the functioning of the Subject Committees, after an in-depth analysis of their working. He had also a remarkable stint as the Chairman of the Committee on Private Member's Bills and Resolutions during 1977–1979.
The concept of "
Maveli Stores
Maveli Stores is a venture of the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation ( Supplyco).
Under the Government programme of market intervention, pulses and spices are purchased and sold to the consumers at subsidised prices fixed by the Government. ...
" aiming at making available essential commodities at fair price to poorer sections of the society, also emerged at his initiative.
He was also the recipient of many honours such as ‘Sadanandan Award’ for best Co-operator and R. Sankara Narayanan Thampi award for best Parliamentarian.
His wife was Smt. Manorama Nair and they have one son and one daughter.
He died at
Sri Chitra Hospital in
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...
on 29 November 2017, after a prolonged illness. He was aged 89 at the time of his death.
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1928 births
2017 deaths
Annamalai University alumni
Kerala MLAs 1957–1959
Kerala MLAs 1967–1970
Kerala MLAs 1977–1979
Communist Party of India politicians from Kerala
People from Kollam district