Veena George


Veena George is an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India and represents Aranmula in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Prior to joining politics, she has worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years. She is also the first female executive editor among Malayalam news channels.

Education

Veena George has a Post Graduate degree in Physics from Kerala University.

Personal life

Veena George is married to Dr. George Joseph who was the Association Secretary of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Career

;Television Career
Veena George began her career at Kairali TV as a journalist trainee. She left Kairali TV and joined Manorama News as a news anchor. At Manorama News she was also in charge of programmes named Pularvela and Ee lokham etc. Later she was associated with Malayalam news channels Indiavision and TV New. At Indiavision she was the chief news editor. She joined TV New in February 2015 as the Executive Editor.
;As Politician
Veena George has been nominated as the candidate for Aranmula by CPM state secretariat for Kerala Assembly Elections, 2016.
She was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Aranmula in 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election by defeating congress veteran K Sivadasan Nair of Indian National Congress by a margin of 7646 votes.
In 2019 Indian general election, she contested from Pathanamthitta as Left front candidate. However she lost the election by a margin of 44,243 votes to Anto Antony of Indian National Congress.

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