Kadakampally Surendran (born 12 October 1954)[2] is an Indian politician, who served as the Minister for Co-Operation, Tourism, and Devaswom in the first Pinarayi Vijayan ministry (2016–2021) of the Government of Kerala.
He was the Thiruvananthapuram District Committee Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for nearly a decade (2007–2016).
Surendran has been a prominent figure of the CPI(M) and other leftist progressive movements in the district of Thiruvananthapuram for more than four decades.
His wife Sulekha is a retired high school teacher from AMHSS, Thirumala, Thiruvananthapuram.
He came to the political front and social activities from his constant association with youth organizations and library movements.