Palode Ravi
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1949)}}
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| name = Palode Ravi
| native_name = പാലോട് രവി
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| office2 = Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2011|06|01|df=yes}}
| term_end2 = {{End date|2016|06|02|df=yes}}
| constituency2 = Nedumangad
| predecessor2 = Mankode Radhakrishnan
| successor2 = C. Divakaran
| term_start3 = 1991
| term_end3 = 2001
| successor3 = Mankode Radhakrishnan
| constituency3 = Nedumangad
| predecessor3 = K. V. Surendranath
| party = Indian National Congress
| office1 = Deputy Speaker of Kerala Assembly
| term_start1 = 2 December 2015
| term_end1 = 20 May 2016
| governor1 = P. Sathasivam
| predecessor1 = N. Sakthan
| successor1 = V. Sasi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|07|25}}
| birth_place = Palode, United State of Travancore and Cochin, Dominion of India
(present day Palode, Kerala, India)
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| spouse = S. Jayakumari
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| children = 2
| parents = P.Gangadharan Pillai, M.Saraswathy Amma
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Palode Ravi (born 25 July 1949) is an Indian politician and is the DCC President of Thiruvananthapuram. He has served as the Deputy speaker and member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, from the Nedumangad constituency, representing the Indian National Congress.{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/paloderavi.htm |title=Members - Kerala Legislature |publisher=Niyamasabha.org |date=1949-07-25 |access-date=2015-07-16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thrissurkerala.com/mp-mla-kerala/thiruvananthapuram-mlas-phone-numbers-email-address.html |title=Thiruvananthapuram MLAs Phone Numbers, Emails, Address, MLAs in Thiruvananthapuram with Phone Numbers, MLA List Thiruvananthapuram |publisher=Thrissurkerala.com |date= |access-date=2015-07-16}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2012/apr/03/palode-ravi-elected-president-of-ktdc-managers-355021.html|title=Palode Ravi Elected President of KTDC Managers' |newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=3 April 2012|access-date=11 August 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsreporter.in/nedumangad-constituency-election-results-2011-palode-ravi-inc-wins-kerala |title=NEDUMANGAD constituency election results 2011 : PALODE RAVI INC WINS - Kerala |publisher=NewsReporter.in |date=2011-05-13 |access-date=2015-07-16}}
Career
Ravi entered politics through Kerala Students Union. In his political career he served with many reputed posts such as General Secretary of Kerala Students Union District Committee, President, Kerala Students Union, District Committee, Youth Congress, District Committee and Indian National Trade Union Congress, General Secretary of Indo-Russian Friendship Society, Kerala, Trivandrum District Congress Committee, Member of Executive Committee, Rubber Board, Plantation Labour Committee, Handloom Development Corporation President, Sree Chithira Thirunal Smaraka Samithi, General Secretary of P.N. Panickar Foundation and Member of Governing Body of State & National Literacy Mission, Executive Committee of Rajaram Mohan Roy Library Foundation, Grandhasala Sangham, Vyloppilli Samskriti Bhavan, Sahithya Academy.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/paloderavi.htm |title=Members - Kerala Legislature |publisher=Niyamasabha.org |date=1949-07-25 |access-date=2015-07-16}}
At present he is serving as Member of Executive Committees of All India Congress Committee, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, All India Secretary of Indian National Trade Union Congress, chairman, ‘Samskara Sahithi’ – the arts and cultural forum of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and Office bearer of many trade unions.