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Kadakampally Surendran Sworn in as Tourism Minister

Mr. Kadakampally Surendran has sworn in as the new Minister for Tourism, Government of Kerala. He represents the Kazhakuttom constituency in the State Legislative Assembly.

Mr. Kadakampally of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI (M)) was active in student movements and cultural activities starting his school days and entered politics through youth organisations.  He was the Unit Leader of Kerala Socialist Youth Federation (KSYF) which later became Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI).

Mr. Kadakampally who was the national Vice President of DYFI for fifteen years (1980-1995) also served as a Member of Legislative Assembly of Kerala from Kazhakuttom constituency and the chairman of Backward Caste Welfare Committee from 1996-2001. He was elected twice to the Syndicate of the University of Kerala (2006 & 2014) and was the President of Kerala State Co-Operative Bank from 2006 to 2008. He served as the Thiruvananthapuram District Committee Secretary of CPI (M) in the period 2007 - 2016.

Born to Mr. C. K. Krishnankutty and Mrs. Bhagavathi Kutty at Kadakampalli in Thiruvananthapuram, he completed his higher studies from S N College Chempazhanthy and University College, Thiruvananthapuram. His wife Mrs. Sulekha is a teacher and they have two sons.