Biographical Sketch
KURIEN SH. P.J. CONGRESS (I) - MAVELIKARA( KERALA)
Father's Name: Shri P.G. Joseph Date of Birth: 31 March 1941 Place of Birth: Puramattom in Tiruvalla in Distt. Pathanamthitta (Kerala) Marital Status: Married on 28 May 1968 Spouse's Name: Smt. Susan Children: Two daughters Educational Qualifications :
M.Sc. Educated at St. Thomas College, Kozencherry (Kerala) and Govt. Science College, Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) Profession :
Political and Social Worker, Teacher and Educationist Permanent Address :
Pallath House, P.O. Paduthode Vennikulam, Distt. Pathanamthitta-689645 (Kerala) Tel. (0473) 665288 Positions Held :
1970-72President, Block Congress Committee 1972-80Treasurer, D.C.C.(I), Alleppey, Kerala 1972-89Member, P.C.C. (I), Kerala 1977-79Member, P.C.C. (I), Executive, Kerala 1980Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) 1980-87Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce 1984Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) 1987-89Member, C.P.P. (I) Executive, Lok Sabha Member, House Committee Member, Committee on Public Undertakings 1989-91Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the third time Chief Whip, Congress (I) Party in Parliament Member, Business Advisory Committee June 1990-Aug. 90Member, Standing Committee on Environment and Forests 1990-91Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications 1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time June 1991-Jan. 1993Union Minister of State, Industry and Addl. Charge of Commerce Jan. 1992 onwardsMember, A.I.C.C. (I) July 1992-Jan. 1993Union Minister of State, Industry, Department of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries Sept. 1995-May 1996Union Minister of State, Non-Conventional Energy Sources 1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fifth time Social and Cultural Activities :
Working for the protection of environment, upliftment of the poor and the weaker sections of the society Special Interests :
Reading, travelling, playing volleyball, shuttle; interested in educational and literary activities and environmental problems Countries Visited :
Widely travelled (16 countries); Member, High Power Congress Party Delegation to Mauritius in 1988; Member, Anti-apartheid Delegation of Congress Party which met various world leaders in the year 1988; Member, Indian Delegation to United Nations, 1994 Other Information :
Actively participated in the cooperative movement in Kerala; Director for 15 years and later President of the Thiruvalla East Cooperative Bank-the biggest urban co-operative Bank in India; Director for 12 years and later Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Cooperative Marketing Federation; Director, Central Aracknut Marketing Cooperative, Mangalore for 3 years; Member (i) Governing Body of the National Cooperative Union of India for 3 years; (ii) Jawaharlal Nehru University Court for three years; (iii) Governing Body, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Science and Technology, Trivandrum* for three years; (iv) Indian Council of Agricultural Research, 1982- 85; (v) Marine Products Export Development Authority, 1982-88; (vi) Spices Board, 1985-88; (vii) Press Council of India 1985-87; and (viii) All India Council of Technical Education 1993-96; Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 1994 onwards Election Result :
Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate8,80,820 Total votes polled6,33,593 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Prof. P.J. Kurien (I.N.C.)2,90,524 (2) Shri M.R. Gopalakrishnan [C.P.I.(M)]2,69,448 (3) Shri K.K.R. Kumar (B.J.P.)45,325 (4) Shri Niranam Rajan (Ind.)5,710