Kummanam Rajasekharan

Kummanam Rajasekharan
14th Governor of Mizoram
In office
29 May 2018 (2018-05-29) – 8 March 2019 (2019-03-08)
Chief Minister
Preceded byNirbhay Sharma
Succeeded byJagdish Mukhi
State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala
In office
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) – 25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)
Preceded byV. Muraleedharan
Succeeded byP. S. Sreedharan Pillai
Personal details
Born (1952-12-23) 23 December 1952 (age 71)
Kummanam, Kottayam, Kerala
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
OccupationPolitician
Websitekummanamrajasekharan.in
In this Indian name, the toponymic surname is Kummanam. It is not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Rajasekharan.

Kummanam Rajasekharan (born 23 December 1952) is an Indian politician and former governor of Mizoram (2018–2019). He began his political career as an activist of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Sangh Parivar in Kerala in 1970. From 2015 to 2018, he was the state president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala. He is the first BJP leader from Kerala to become governor.[1] He currently serves as the administrative committee member of the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He actively contested for BJP in various Loksabha and assembly elections in Kerala.[2]

Rajasekharan worked as a journalist between 1974 and 1976, before joining the Food Corporation of India. He became a high-ranking official of the Kerala Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) during that time.[3] In 1987, he resigned to become a full-time Sangh Parivar worker, while being instrumental in spearheading Kerala's VHP, Kshetra Samrakshana Samiti, Balasadanams, and Ekal Vidyalayas. Rajasekharan has been the secretary of Hindu Aikya Vedi,[4] Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam, general-secretary and chairman of Janmabhumi.[5]

In 2019, he was conferred with a Doctor of Letters degree by the Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabrmal Tibrewala University for honouring his contributions to the field of social work.[5][6]

  1. ^ Nandakumar, Nistula Hebbar & T. (8 March 2019). "Kummanam Rajasekharan quits as Mizoram Governor, likely to re-enter Kerala politics". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Kummanam Rajasekharan to represent centre in administrative committee of Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple". Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019; Kerala edition: BJP's Kummanam Rajasekharan speaks on Sabarimala, Modi's economic policies". Firstpost. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  4. ^ Ananthakrishnan, G. (26 October 2010). "Sabarimala a cash cow, but Kerala won't allow its symbols". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b Rajasekharan, Kummanam (26 February 2019). "The degree of D. Litt in the field of social work". Twitter. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Doctorate for Kummanam Rajasekharan". Kerala Kaumudi. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.