{"id":1431,"date":"2018-02-03T09:33:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T09:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who_is_who_new\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2018-04-06T11:31:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T11:31:33","slug":"vayalar-ravi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/government-politics\/vayalar-ravi.html","title":{"rendered":"Vayalar Ravi Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born on 4th June 1937, Vayalar Ravi is an Indian politician and currently the Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and a member of the Rajya Sabha. He also served as the All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary and the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President. He is a bachelor of law and a postgraduate.<\/p>\n<p>Vayalar Ravi was born in Vayalar, Kerala. His father Mr. M.K Krishnan was a veteran freedom fighter and a social activist. His mother Mrs. Devaky Krishnan was a congress leader of Kerala and the President of Kerala State Mahila Congress. In 1969, Vayalar Ravi married Mercy and has two daughters and a son. His wife passed away in September 2009 following a kidney failure.<\/p>\n<p>Vayalar Ravi started his political career in early 1960s as the founder President of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the students&#8217; wing of Indian National Congress in Kerala.<\/p>\n<p>The 1969 Congress split made him a well-known figure as a &#8216;Young Turk&#8217;. In 1971, he was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha from Chirayinkil in Thiruvananthapuram district and in 1977 was re-elected to the 6th Lok Sabha and served there till 1979.<\/p>\n<p>In 1982, he was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly and served as the Home Minister of Kerala till 1986 before resigning from that post due to a disagreement with the Chief Minister. In 1987, Ravi was re-elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly and served there till 1991. He was twice elected to the Rajya Sabha, once in July 1994 and then again in April 2003.<\/p>\n<p>On 30 January 2006, Vayalar Ravi became the Union Cabinet Minister for Overseas Affairs and following the 2009 Congress reelection he was re-introduced to the Cabinet and retained the post of Overseas Indian Affairs. On 19 January 2011, he was given the extra responsibility of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.<\/p>\n<p>On August 21, 2012 Vayalar Ravi assumed charge as the Minister for Science and Technology. Taking responsibility, he focused on the importance of Science and Technology in the nation&#8217;s growth.<\/p>\n<p><b>Positions held:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1971-77: Member of the Fifth Lok Sabha<\/li>\n<li>1977-79: Member of the Sixth Lok Sabha<\/li>\n<li>1982: as the Home Minister of Kerala<\/li>\n<li>1982-91: as the Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly<\/li>\n<li>1994: Elected to Rajya Sabha<\/li>\n<li>2003: Elected to Rajya Sabha<\/li>\n<li>June 2003-Feb 2004: Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture<\/li>\n<li>June 2003-July 2004: Member, Committee on Petitions<\/li>\n<li>Aug 2003-June 2006: Member, Rubber Board Member, Coir Board<\/li>\n<li>Aug 2004-Jan 2006: Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development<\/li>\n<li>Oct 2004-Jan 2006: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation &amp; Member, General Purposes Committee<\/li>\n<li>29 Jan 2006: onwards Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs<\/li>\n<li>6 April 2008 to 22 May 2009: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs<\/li>\n<li>April 2009: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha<\/li>\n<li>19 Jan 2011-18 Dec 2011: Minister of Civil Aviation<\/li>\n<li>10 Aug 2012 onwards: Minister of Earth Sciences and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises<\/li>\n<li>21 August 2012: onwards Minister for Science and Technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born on 4th June 1937, Vayalar Ravi is an Indian politician and currently the Union [&#8230;]<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/government-politics\/vayalar-ravi.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/wp-content\/themes\/twocolumn\/images\/readmore-btn.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vayalar Ravi: Biography, Family, Early days in Politics, Criticisms &amp; Awards<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Know all information about Vayalar Ravi personal biography and professional profile. 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