Dr. T.N Seema
Social Worker, Politician, Teacher, Educationist
Dr. T.N Seema is a teacher, social worker and politician, who is a former Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha elected from Kerala representing Communist Party of India (Marxist). Currently she is the vice chairman and CEO of Haritha Keralam Mission.
Seema was born on 1 June 1963 in Thrissure, Kerala. She is a graduate from University of Kerala in Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (Malayalam). She also completed Ph.D in Malayalam Literature from University of Kerala and diploma in Tamil and Universalising Social Security from Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore and Hague, Netherlands respectively. She was a, Malayalam and literature teacher in Government College from 1991 to 2008.
She has done many research programs on Anganwadi Centers, Decentralized Planning, Gender Study Manula, N.R.E.G.A and Self Help Groups (S.H.G). She is also the Kerala State President and National Vice President AIDWA, and the State Committee Member of CPI (M) in Kerala. She has been an editor of a women’s monthly, “Sthreesabdam” as a member of State Executive Committee of Kudumbashree Poverty Alleviations
T.N Seema was elected to Rajya Sabha in April 2010. As an upper house member, she was in the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation. And on September 2012 onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women, Committee on office of profit, Member, Consultative Committee on Zonal Railway User’s, Southern Railways.
She is the author of the books “Women and Local Planning” in Malayalam in 1997, “Globalisation and Women in 2000and Edited “Equality in Development” in 2000, “Gender Status Study” in 2000, “Neighbourhood Collective” in 1999, “Peoples Plan Campaign and Womens Advancement” in 2000 and the poetry collection“ Hrudayagaveshanam” in 2012.
