C. Raveendranath

C. Raveendranath
C Raveendranadh at Kerala Varma College Thrissur
Born (1955-11-22) 22 November 1955 (age 68)
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseM. K. Vijayam
Children2
Parents
  • K. Peethambaran Kartha
  • C. Lekshmikutty Kunjamma

Prof. Cheranalloor Raveendranath is an Indian politician and is the former Minister for Education of the Government of Kerala in the first Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry. He is a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician from Thrissur and the member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Puthukkad Assembly constituency since 2011. He is a retired chemistry professor of St. Thomas College, Thrissur.

He had also worked as the resource person of Total Literacy Programme, consultant to the State Planning Board, district convenor of People's Planning programme. Officials remember him tapping MLA-MP funds and three-tier panchayats for implementing projects in agriculture, horticulture, floriculture and in dairying. Some of the projects include ‘Nivedya Kadali' of providing bananas to Guruvayur temple, supplying organic vegetables to Oushadhi, a state government entity producing Ayurvedic medicines, Natural Fresh Milk Scheme for supply in Thrissur town. He also got as many as 150 classrooms in 79 schools converted into high-tech classrooms.[1]

  1. ^ "Prof. C. Ravindranath - Government of Kerala, India". Retrieved 8 April 2018.