M. P. Abdussamad Samadani
M. P. Abdu Samad Samadani is a scholar, orator, thinker, writer, academician, Indian politician and a two-time member of Rajya Sabha, the upper House of Indian Parliament and Member of Legislative Assembly of Kerala from Kottakkal assembly constituency from 2011 to 2016. He was born in Kottakkal.
He holds the following positions:-
- Director,Indianness Academy
- Chairman, Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Foundation
- Patron, Kerala Samskrita Prachara Samithi
- President, Anjuman Tarqi-e-Urdu, Kerala Branch
- senior Vice President, indian union muslim league
Educational qualifications
B.A. with First Rank, M.A. with Second Rank.M.Phil from calicut university LLB from Government Law College, Kozhikode.Positions held
- 1994 – Elected to Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament
- 2000 – Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
- 2002 to 2004 – Convener, Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Universities and Higher Education
- 2004 – Member, Central Advisory Board of Education, Government of India
- 2004 – Member, Parliamentary Committee on Health and Family Welfare
- 1995 to 1996 – Member, Parliamentary Committee on Defence
- 1996 to 1999 – Member, Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation
- 1996 to 2004 and 2004 to 2006 – Member, Parliamentary, Committee on Human Resource Development
- 1996 to 2004 and 2004 to 2006 – Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs
- 1998 to 1999 and 2004 to 2006 – Member, Parliamentary Committee on Papers Laid on the Table Member, Papers Laid On The Table Parliamentary Committee
- 2001 - Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim University
- Member, Malappuram District Council
- Member, Kerala Sahitya Academy
- Member, Kerala Kalamandalam
- Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Kottakkal assembly constituency 2011–2016.
