C. Raveendranath

Cheranalloor Raveendranath (born 22 November 1955) is an Indian politician and is the former Minister for General Education^[1] 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.

Preceded byHimself

Succeeded byV. Sivankutty

ConstituencyPuthukkad

Preceded byP. K. Abdu Rabb

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C. Raveendranath
C. Raveendranath at Kerala Varma College, Thrissur
Minister for General Education, Government of Kerala
In office 14 August 2018 – 3 May 2021
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	V. Sivankutty
Constituency	Puthukkad
In office 25 May 2016 – 14 August 2018
Preceded by	P. K. Abdu Rabb
Succeeded by	Himself (General Education) K. T. Jaleel (Higher Education)
Constituency	Puthukkad
Personal details
Born	(1955-11-22) 22 November 1955 (age 70) Nellayi, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	M. K. Vijayam
Children	2
Parents	K. Peethambaran Kartha C. Lekshmikutty Kunjamma
Profession	Professor Politician

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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.^[2]