Com.A K Padmanabhan, Veteran Trade Union leader and National Vice President of CITU has released the Malayalam version of the autobiography of Com.V A N Namboodiri, most aptly titled ” Samaram Jeevitham” ( Struggle Life) in a well organised virtual function on 27-04-2021. Com.P V Chandrasekharan, Patron, AIBDPA virtually received the book.

The function was formally inaugurated by Shri. T P Ramakrishnan, Honorable Minister for Labour and Excise, Kerala..

K K C Pillai, Chairman, Organising Committee presided. Coms.K K N Kutty, Secretary General, NCCPA, C C Pillai, Ex Secretary General, Confederation, K G Jayaraj, General Secretary, AIBDPA, P V Rajendran, President, NFPE, Amaravila Ramakrishnan, General Secretary, SCWFA, E Premkumar, President, Kerala NGO Union, V Sreekumar, State President, Confederation, P K Muraleedharan, State Convenor, NFPE, V A Mohanan, State General Secretary, AIPRPA, C Santhoshkumar, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, N Guruprasad, Circle Secretary, AIBDPA, P K Mukundan, District Secretary, CITU, Kozhikode, P P Krishnan, Vice President, AIIEA and C Rajeevan, Joint Secretary, BEFI spoke on the occasion. Shri.P M V Panicker , Convenor, Organising Committee welcomed all and Com.M Vijayakumar, AGS, BSNLEU proposed vote of thanks.

Com.V A N Namboodiri replied suitably to the felicitations and declared that Rs.20,000 received towards sale of the book will be donated to the CMDRF towards vaccine challenge. Family members of Com.V A N, Com.Pankajam Namboodiri (Wife), Shaji Narayanan (Son) and Mini Narayanan (Daughter) also participated.