Son of Shri. T.P. Mathew and Smt. Saramma Mathew; born at Kottappuram, near Kodungalloor on 26^th September 1952; Ph.D. in  Economics; Economist; Political Worker.

Started Political activities while a student; Vehemently participated in the activities of SFI from 1971; was SFI office bearer of Ernakulam Maharajas College Union (1973-74); SFI Ernakulam District President (1974-80);SFI State Committee; Senior activities of Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parished from 1977; Professor at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram; was State Planning Board Member from 1996 to 2001. Previously elected to KLA in 2001.

Published a number of articles on Economics, Planning and Politics in the leading Regional, National and International periodicals.Presented Lectures and Papers in National and  International Conferences  and Seminars like (1) Seminar Organized by ILO-A.RT.E.P. Held at Colombo (1993), (2) Institute  of Social Science, New Delhi (1996), (3) Montclair State University Faculty Seminar (1998), (4) Colmbia University  South Asian Institute Seminar (1998) (5) Conference on Decentralized Planning in Calcutta (1999), (6) Seminar held at Havens Centre University of Wisconsin, Madison (2000).

Published many  books in Malayalam and English including (1) The Withering Coconut (1985), (2) Political Economy of Poverty (1985), (3) Economics Crisis in the Capitalist World (1987), (4) ABC of Political Economy (1987), (5) The World Bank and IMF (1988), (6) Kerala and  Man (1998), [Won Kerala Sahitya Academy Award], (7) Science and  Revolution (1989), (8) Political Economy of Surrender (1992), (9) Peoples Planning: Questions and Answers (1998), (11) Modernization and Employment: The Coir Industry in Kerala (with R.A.Van Stuijvenberg and K.N. Nair) (1984), (12) Local Democracy and Development: Peoples Campaign for Decentralised Planning in Kerala (with Richard W. Franke), (1) Democarcy at work in an Indian Industrial Co-operative: the story of Kerala Dinesh Beedi (with Richard W. Franke and Pyaralal Rraghavan) (1998). Now represents Mararikulam constituency.