Pannian Ravindran (born 22 December 1945) is an Indian politician from Kerala and former state secretary of Kerala State Committee of CPI (Communist Party of India) from 2012 to 2015. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India and represented the Thiruvananthapuram constituency.

Early Life & Education

Ravindran lived in a thatched house with mud walls as a child, his family was politically involved with the CPI. HIs father passed away when he was 12 and due to poverty, he stopped going to school and started working at a beedi factory in Kakkad in order to support his family, his weekly wage was 50 paise. Therefore his education is a 5th pass.

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Preceded byP. K. Vasudevan NairMember of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram 2005–2009Succeeded byShashi Tharoor