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LIFE & PUBLIC RECORD · Rajya Sabha MP
Jose K. Mani
Jose K. Mani is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala.
Party in the cited recordKerala Congress (M)
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- 196429 May 1964
early life Born
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Read the source ↗ - 20092009-2014
public service Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 200931 Aug. 2009
public service Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
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Read the source ↗ - 20142014-2018
public service Member, Sixteenth Lok Sabha (second term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2014Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2017
public service Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Read the source ↗ - 2014Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2017 and Oct. 2019 - Jan. 2021
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Education
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Read the source ↗ - 2018July 2018
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 11 January 2021)
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Read the source ↗ - 2018Sept. 2018 - Oct. 2018
public service Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
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Read the source ↗ - 2018Oct. 2018 - May 2019
public service Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Read the source ↗ - 2018Dec. 2018 - Oct. 2019
public service Member, Committee on Petitions
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Read the source ↗ - 2019Sept. 2019 - Jan. 2021, March 2022 - Sept. 2022 and Sept. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Industry
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Read the source ↗ - 2021Nov. 2021
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2021Dec. 2021 - Nov. 2022 and Oct. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Subordiante Legislation
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Sept. 2022 - June 2024
public service Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change
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Read the source ↗ - 2024July 2024
elections Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Oct. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
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Read the source ↗ - 2026Feb. 2026 onwards
public service Member, India- Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group
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Read the source ↗ - 20262026-08-13
public work Latest dated reference in this collection
Parliamentary question: Impact of immigration policies on Indians This marks the latest dated record available here, not necessarily the latest activity in public life.
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public service Leader, Kerala Congress (M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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Early life & upbringing
The cited biography records Jose K. Mani’s date of birth as 29 May 1964. The birthplace is recorded as Pala, Distt. Kottayam (Kerala).
Education & professional life
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: B.Com., M.B.A. Educated at Loyola College, Chennai and P.S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The professional background is listed as Political and Social Worker and Agriculturist/Farmer.
Public life: the documented service history
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is 2009-2014: Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha. A later recorded entry is Feb. 2026 onwards: Member, India- Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group. This identifies the earliest entry available in that source, rather than establishing the start of the entire political career. Historical and open-ended positions retain their source periods.
The person behind the office
- Education in the official biography
- B.Com., M.B.A. Educated at Loyola College, Chennai and P.S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Source ↗
- Profession / professional background in biography
- Political and Social Worker and Agriculturist/Farmer Source ↗
Personal background in the official biography
Interests, publications & public work
- Books & publications
- Produced two documentaries (i) Living Your Dream, 2004 and (ii) Together Each Achieves More, 2006 Source ↗
- Social & cultural work as reported
- Founder Chairman, K.M. Mani Foundation; Chairman, Centre for reform and research: a society formed for the youth conducting educational seminars, career development programmes and publication of books; President,Vikasana Sena - an association of the youth; participated in several socio-cultural activities in Kerala and abroad organized by WMC, FOKANA, FOMA, NORKA, PASCOS, Kuwait Chapter; associated with Prateeksha Rotary Centre for mentally challenged children and associated with the polio eradication drive of Rotary Centre Distt. 3211; empowerment of the youth Source ↗
- Hobbies & recreation
- Snorkelling, table tennis; Member, (i)Tennis Club, (ii) Trivandrum Club, (iii) River Valley Club, (iv) YMCA International and (v) Rotary Club of Pala; travelling, listening to songs and gardening Source ↗
- Travel reported in biography
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Widely travelled: Australia, Belgium, European countries, Indonesia, Kenya, Maldives, Middle East, Canada, Sri Lanka, U.S.A., Vatican City State, etc.; Switzerland, Israel, Canada, U.K. and South Taiwan; Member, (i) India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Programme, June 2011, (ii) Inter Parliamentary Union, Canada Convention, Quebec City, June 2012, (iii) Parliamentary Goodwill Delegation to Indonesia, Sept. 2013, (iv) Inter-Parliamentary Union Berne Convention, Switzerland, 2015, (v) Parliamentary Delegation to NATO Operational Command Head Quarter, Belgium, June 2015, (vi) World Parliamentary Forum Delegation on Sustainable Development, Indonesia, Sept. 2017 and (vii) Government delegation to attend Investiture ceremonies of His Highness Pope and of Cardinals and Saints
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Worked with and provided relief to Tsunami affected vicitms in Kerala; awarded outstanding (i) Young Leader award by the Jaycees and (ii) Youth Leader by Kalakeralam; Recipient of Rotary International Young Leader Award; Co-ordinated evacuation process of nurses/ working people of Indian origin from the disturbed areas in Yemen, Iraq and Libya and supported them in the rehabilitation process; Co-ordinator in providing medicines including life-saving drugs, blankets, etc. to the recent Nepal earthquake victims; led frequent dharnas in Parliament premises to press for relief to rubber growers; led a fast-unto death on the rubber issue at Kottayam and ended the same on the sixth day after assurances from the Government of necessary action; under the youth wing of Kerala Congress (M), organized an awareness campaign to urge the youth to enter the agricultural sector; led a padayatra from Kasargod to Trivandrum under the banner of Vikasana Sandesa Yatra; worked to eradicate the menace of exploitation of the poor and down-trodden by anti-social outfits; worked actively towards providing evacuation and rehabilitation to the 2018-floods affected victims in Central Kerala; was State President, Kerala Youth Front (M); was General Secretary, Kerala Congress (M); was Vice-Chairman, Kerala Congress (M); Chairman, Kerala Congress (M) since 2021
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Terms, responsibilities & positions
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- 2009-2014
Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Leader, Kerala Congress (M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
Source ↗ - 31 Aug. 2009
Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
Source ↗ - 2014-2018
Member, Sixteenth Lok Sabha (second term)
Source ↗ - Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2017
Member, Committee on External Affairs
Source ↗ - Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2017 and Oct. 2019 - Jan. 2021
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Education
Source ↗ - July 2018
Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 11 January 2021)
Source ↗ - Sept. 2018 - Oct. 2018
Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
Source ↗ - Oct. 2018 - May 2019
Member, Committee on External Affairs
Source ↗ - Dec. 2018 - Oct. 2019
Member, Committee on Petitions
Source ↗ - Sept. 2019 - Jan. 2021, March 2022 - Sept. 2022 and Sept. 2024 onwards
Member, Committee on Industry
Source ↗ - Nov. 2021
Elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
Source ↗ - Dec. 2021 - Nov. 2022 and Oct. 2024 onwards
Member, Committee on Subordiante Legislation
Source ↗ - Sept. 2022 - June 2024
Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Source ↗ - July 2024
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
Source ↗ - Oct. 2024 onwards
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Source ↗ - Feb. 2026 onwards
Member, India- Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group
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| Year | Questions | Proceedings |
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| 2018 | 41 | 0 |
| 2019 | 82 | 0 |
| 2020 | 36 | 0 |
| 2022 | 96 | 0 |
| 2023 | 56 | 0 |
| 2024 | 51 | 79 |
| 2025 | 57 | 60 |
| 2026 | 40 | 0 |
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GOVERNMENT BILLS- Contd. I. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and II. The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025
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Need to promote Indian art, literature and cinema in order to nurture creative expressions
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Demand to address the problems faced by workers of National Health Mission (NHM)
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Demand for mandatory provisions of First Aid training for teachers and students in the schools
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Demand for strict action against Provident Fund defaulters
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Unregulated growth of e-Rickshaws in Indian cities
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Impact of immigration policies on Indians
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Vacancies in Central Universities, IITs, IIMs, NITs
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Shortages of essential medicines in Government hospitals and Jan Aushadhi Kendras
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Competitiveness of traditional industries
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Severe overcrowding in general and sleeper class coaches
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Financial assistance released under SDRF and NDRF
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CPI(M) workers cross-voted in assembly polls, alleges Kerala Congress (M) chief Jose K Mani
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Jose K Mani suffers defeat in Pala as Kerala Congress (M) routed in Assembly polls
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Kerala Congress (M)'s poor show raises existential questions for party and Jose K Mani
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Jose K Mani concedes defeat in Pala as Kappen seals third straight win; Shone boosts BJP tally to record
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Jose K Mani, PALA constituency, KC(M), Kerala Assembly Election 2026: Profile & Affidavit
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Kerala Congress (M) chairperson Jose K. Mani suggests multi-factor matrix for ‘a fair delimitation formula’
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- Karinogozhackal House, Vellappad, Pala P.O., Kottayam, Kerala 686575 Source ↗
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B.Com., M.B.A. Educated at Loyola College, Chennai and P.S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
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Political and Social Worker and Agriculturist/Farmer.
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2009-2014: Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha. This is the earliest dated entry in the cited record, not necessarily the first public role.
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Who is Jose K. Mani?
Jose K. Mani is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala.
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