While a student, actively participated in politics. Was Best Speaker and Best Essayist in certain years among College and University Students of Kerala; joined C.P.I.(M) in 1967; became Joint Secretary of K.S.F; Office Bearer of K.S.Y.F. at State Level and District Level at Alappuzha and Kollam; Founder Member, First State President, General Secretary, All India Vice-President and one of the first members of the Central Executive Committee of S.F.I.; Member, Kerala University Syndicate for 12 years, C.P.I.(M) State Committee C.I.T.U. State Executive Committee C.P.I.(M) Kollam and Alapuzha District Committees and C.P.I.(M) District Secretariat, Regional Transport Authority (RTA) and Industrial Relations Committee (IRC), Kuttanadu; District Secretary C.P.I.(M), Alappuzha, First President, Alappuzha District Council; District Secretary, State Treasurer and All India Committee Member, Agricultural Workers Union.
Was Alappuzha District President of C.I.T.U; President, Union of Kerala Spinners Limited (C.I.T.U); Scooters Kerala, K.S.D.P., Excel Glass, Lorry Transport Drivers and Cleaners Union, Alapuzha District Committee Kuttanadu Rice Cultivators Protection Convention, Tagore Memorial Comparative Literature Society; Member Executive Committee of K.A.U., Urban Development Bank, Alappuzha and Kayankulam Spinning Mill; Secretary, C.P.I.(M) Kuttanadu Taluk; Chairman, Alapuzha District Co-operative Spinning Mill; District President, Headload and Genarel Workers Union, Alappuzha.
Served as Minister of Co-operation, Coir and Devaswoms during 12th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Participated in various agitations and struggles, suffered police brutality and got imprisonedsevarel times including imprisonment under Defence India Rule in Thiruvananthapuram Central Jail during Emergency Period.
Now Member, C.P.I.(M), Alappuzha District Committee and State Committee; Representing Ambalapuzha constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Previously elected to Kerala Legislatve Assembly in 1996 and 2006.
Languages Known : Malayalam and English.
Wife : Dr. Jubily Navaprabha.
Children : One Son.
Hobbies : Reading, Writing, Watching Football matches, Films, Collecting Wedding Cards and Programme Notices, Listening Songs.
Recreation : Writing Poems, Essays and Short Stories, Reciting Poems.
Literary Activities : Wrote about 55 poems and published in various weeklies like Manorama, Mangalam, Kala Kaumudi, Desabhimani, Madhyamam, Dailies like Desabhimani and Kerala Kaumudi and Bhashaposhini Magazine. Wrote Short Stories etc.
Published many books including : 1. Aaranu nee Obama (Collection of Poems). 2. Unni Makane Manohara (Collection of Poems). 3. Sannithanathile Kazhuthakal (Collection of Poems). 4. Kanal Vazhiyil Kari Puralathe(Collection of Selected Niyamasabha Speeches).
Permanent Address : Navaneetham, Sanathanapuram, Alapuzha - 688003.
