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	'''Vasudevan Sivankutty''' (born 10 November 1954) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Minister for Education and Labour,<ref>https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791</ref> Government of Kerala. He represents the [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)\|Nemom Constituency]] in the 15th [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].		'''Vasudevan Sivankutty''' (born 10 November 1954) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Minister for General Education and Labour,<ref>https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791 {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}</ref> Government of Kerala. He represents the [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)\|Nemom Constituency]] in the 15th [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].

	Sivankutty is a State Committee Member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in Kerala and the State Secretary of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]] (CITU) Kerala, and the District President of CITU, Thiruvananthapuram.		Sivankutty is a State Committee Member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in Kerala and the State Secretary of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]] (CITU) Kerala, and the District President of CITU, Thiruvananthapuram.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Sivankutty was born as the son of activist M. Vasudevan Pillai and P. Krishnamma, at Cheruvakkal, Thiruvananthapuram on 10 November 1954. He is a BA. LLB ~~(course completed)~~, and was educated at [[Sree Narayana College, Chempazhanthy]] and the [[Kerala Law Academy]], Thiruvananthapuram. He is the son-in-law of late communist ideologue [[P. Govinda Pillai]] and [[Kerala University]] professor M. J. Rajamma. He is also a relative of poet [[Sugathakumari]] and of former chief minister [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]].{{citation needed\|date=May 2021}}		Sivankutty was born as the son of activist M. Vasudevan Pillai and P. Krishnamma, at Cheruvakkal, Thiruvananthapuram on 10 November 1954. He is a BA. LLB, and was educated at [[Sree Narayana College, Chempazhanthy]] and the [[Kerala Law Academy]], Thiruvananthapuram. He is the son-in-law of late communist ideologue [[P. Govinda Pillai]] and [[Kerala University]] professor M. J. Rajamma. He is also a relative of poet [[Sugathakumari]] and of former chief minister [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]].{{citation needed\|date=May 2021}} He also participated and lead the great protest held in the state Assembly in 2015. V Sivankutty was in the opposition in 2015, when he broke furniture and microphones as then Finance Minister tried to present the budget.

	== Political career ==		== Political career ==
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	He was the President of the erstwhile Ulloor Panchayat, the Mayor of [[Thiruvananthapuram Corporation]], the Joint Secretary of the All India Mayors’ Council, the MLA of Thiruvananthapuram East and then Nemom (2011 - 2016).<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Members - Kerala Legislature\|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/members/v_sivankutty.htm\|access-date=2021-05-25\|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref>		He was the President of the erstwhile Ulloor Panchayat, the Mayor of [[Thiruvananthapuram Corporation]], the Joint Secretary of the All India Mayors’ Council, the MLA of Thiruvananthapuram East and then Nemom (2011 - 2016).<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Members - Kerala Legislature\|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/members/v_sivankutty.htm\|access-date=2021-05-25\|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref>

	In the recently concluded Kerala Assembly Elections, he defeated BJP's [[Kummanam Rajasekharan]] and [[K. Muraleedharan]] to become the MLA of Nemom again (2021–Present). He is currently a Minister in the [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]-led LDF cabinet, handling portfolios Public Education and Labour.<ref>{{Cite web\|~~last=May 18\|first~~=Aswin J. Kumar ~~/ TNN /~~\|~~last2~~=2021~~\|last3=Ist\|first3=22:03~~\|title=Kerala Ministers 2021: V Sivankutty becomes second corp mayor to turn minister {{!}} Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/thiruvananthapuram-v-sivankutty-becomes-second-corp-mayor-to-turn-minister/articleshow/82744889.cms\|access-date=2021-05-23\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref> The other departments under him right now are Literacy Movement, Employment and Training, Skills, Rehabilitation, Factories and Boilers, Insurance Medical Service, Industrial Tribunals, and Labour Courts.		In the recently concluded Kerala Assembly Elections, he defeated BJP's [[Kummanam Rajasekharan]] and [[K. Muraleedharan]] to become the MLA of Nemom again (2021–Present). He is currently a Minister in the [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]-led LDF cabinet, handling portfolios Public Education and Labour.<ref>{{Cite web\|author=Aswin J. Kumar\|date=May 18, 2021\|title=Kerala Ministers 2021: V Sivankutty becomes second corp mayor to turn minister {{!}} Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/thiruvananthapuram-v-sivankutty-becomes-second-corp-mayor-to-turn-minister/articleshow/82744889.cms\|access-date=2021-05-23\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref> The other departments under him right now are Literacy Movement, Employment and Training, Skills, Rehabilitation, Factories and Boilers, Insurance Medical Service, Industrial Tribunals, and Labour Courts.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = V. Sivankutty
| image = V.SIVANKUTTI.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|11|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cheruvakkal, [[Trivandrum]], [[Kerala]]
| residence = Perunthanni
| constituency = [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)|Nemom]]
| office1 = Member of Legislative assembly
| term_start1=2011
|term_end1=2016
| predecessor1 =[[N. Sakthan]]
| successor1 = [[O. Rajagopal]]
| party1 = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| office2 = Member of Legislative assembly
| term_start2=2021
|term_end2=
| predecessor2 =[[O. Rajagopal]]
| successor2 =
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| religion =
| spouse = Smt. R. Parvathy Devi
| footnotes =
| source = http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/v_sivankutty.htm
}}

'''V. Sivankutty''' is an [[India]]n politician from the state of [[Kerala]], who is curreny a member of the [[Legislative Assembly]] of [[Kerala]] representing the [[Nemom]] constituency. He is a member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)) political party. He holds a degree in Law. He is the State Committee Member of C.P.I.(M), Thiruvananthapuram.

==Offices held==
* District secretary, C.I.T.U.
* C I T U Kerala state committee secretary
* Auto-Taxi Union (C.I.T.U.)
* Secretary, Government Presses Union
* President, Skilled Workers Union
* President, Titanium Labour Union
* President, District Football Association
* Patron, Kerala Mountaineering Association.
* Member, Kerala University Senate for the last 9 years
* CPIM State Committee member

==External links==
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[http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/members/v_sivankutty.htm Sivankutty MLA]
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aR-IQJwzHU V Sivankutty MLA about Elections 2016-Exclusive Interview-Manorama Online]
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWju9yWVK74 V Sivankutty Election Campaign on wheel chair]

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[[Category:Politicians from Thiruvananthapuram]]

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