{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = C. Raveendranath | image = C Raveendranadh at Kerala Varma College Thrissur 2024 DSC 5110 (cropped).JPG | caption = C. Raveendranath at Kerala Varma College, Thrissur | office = Minister for General Education,<br />Government of Kerala | term_start = 25 May 2016 | term_end = 3 May 2021 | predecessor = P. K. Abdu Rabb | successor = V. Sivankutty | constituency = Puthukkad | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|11|22}} | birth_place = Nellayi, Thrissur, Kerala, India | party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) | spouse = M. K. Vijayam | children = 2 | parents = {{ubl|K. Peethambaran Kartha|C. Lekshmikutty Kunjamma}} | profession = {{hlist|Professor|Politician}} }}
'''Prof. Cheranalloor Raveendranath''' is an Indian politician and is the former Minister for General Education<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. C. Ravindranath - Government of Kerala, India |url=https://kerala.gov.in/prof-c-ravindranath |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329082510/https://kerala.gov.in/prof-c-ravindranath |archive-date=2020-03-29 |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=kerala.gov.in |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/prof-c-ravindranath |title=Prof. C. Ravindranath - Government of Kerala, India |accessdate=2018-04-08}}</ref>
==Personal life==
He was born to K. Peethambaran Kartha and C. Lekshmikutty Kunjamma on 22 November 1955. He has three siblings - two younger sisters named Sreeparvathi and Jayashree, and a younger brother named Mukundan. He is married to Prof. M. K. Vijayam and they have two children, Dr Lakshmi Devi and Jayakrishnan. Prof. C. Raveendranath was active in Kerala Shastra Sahithya Parishad and AKPCTA during his academic life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/members/prof_c_raveendranath.htm|access-date=2021-06-06|website=www.niyamasabha.org|archive-date=23 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123165632/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/members/prof_c_raveendranath.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Prof. C. Ravindranath - Government of Kerala, India|url=https://kerala.gov.in/prof-c-ravindranath|access-date=2021-06-06|website=kerala.gov.in|archive-date=14 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114170231/https://kerala.gov.in/prof-c-ravindranath|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career==
He has a master's degree in Science and was a Chemistry professor in St. Thomas College, Thrissur. He is an active worker of the CPI(M), Area Committee Member and the Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://myneta.info/ker2006/candidate.php?candidate_id=117 |title=Myneta Info |publisher=PROF.C.RAVEENDRANATH |accessdate=2012-05-12 |archive-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615195452/http://myneta.info/ker2006/candidate.php?candidate_id=117 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/prof_c_raveendranath.htm |title=KERALA LEGISLATURE - MEMBERS |publisher=Niyamasabha |accessdate=2012-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512054054/http://niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/prof_c_raveendranath.htm |archive-date=12 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Books==
He has written three books * Niyamasabhaprasangangal (നിയമസഭാപ്രസംഗങ്ങൾ) * Navalibaral athava Drurithangalude Nayam (നവലിബറൽ അഥവാ ദുരിതങ്ങളുടെ നയം) * ASEAN Kararinte Yatharthyangal (ആസിയാൻകരാറിന്റെ യാഥാർത്ഥ്യങ്ങൾ)
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Pinarayi Vijayan Cabinet 2016 |state=expanded}} {{Authority control}}
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