Pandalam Sudhakaran

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Born (1955-11-22) 22 November 1955 (age 68)
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Pandalam Sudhakaran (born 22 November 1955, in Pandalam, Kerala, India) is an Indian politician belongs to Indian National Congress party. He became elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1982 as Congress party candidate from Wandoor Constituency. He got elected again in 1982, '87 and '91 from the same constituency.

Political positions held

He was a member of the Gandhiji University Syndicate, Calicut University Senate, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) executive, [ citation needed ] AICC, Trivandrum Doordarshan Kendra Advisory Board. He was a Jury member of Kerala state film award committee. He was director of Kerala State Film Development Corporation. KPCC General Secretary, [6] Chairman Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC), [7] Director of JaiHind TV, and Vice Chairman of the Malayalam Cine technicians Association (MACTA), Executive Board Member of Kerala Kalamandalam, Spokesman of KPCC (from 2013 onwards)

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