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

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

party. He became elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1982 as Congress party candidate from

Wandoor Wandoor is a town in Malappuram district of Kerala, India at . It is located 13 km away from Nilambur. Notable people * The renowned ''Mappila Paattu'' poet Pulikkottil Hyder was born here. * T. K. Hamza, former minister of Kerala and ...

Constituency. He got elected again in 1982, '87 and '91 from the same constituency.

Political positions held

*1978–1982

Kerala Students Union The Kerala Students Union (abbreviated KSU) is a students organization in Kerala, India. It functions as the student wing of the Indian National Congress in the state. KSU was founded in 1957 at Alappuzha, with M. A. John as its main organiser ...

Vice President, General Secretary *1982–1989

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. While p ...

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 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...

(Wandoor) *1989–1992 Youth Congress State President *1987–1991 Whip, Congress Legislative Party *1991–1996 Minister for

Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

, 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 nor ...

Senate,

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (abbreviated as Kerala P. C. C. or the K. P. C. C.) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress in Kerala. The Indian National Congress currently leads the United Democratic Front alliance, the Oppositi ...

(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 The Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) is a public sector undertaking that conducts and regulates the tourism activities in the Indian state of Kerala. The KTDC is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram and has offices across all the d ...

(KTDC), Director of

JaiHind TV Jaihind Television is an Indian Malayalam-language channel, based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It was launched on 17 August 2007, in Delhi by the Indian National Congress President and United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. T ...

, 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