[1] He represented the Neyyattinkara constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for three terms (1991–96, 1996–2001, and 2001–06).
Thampanoor Ravi was born to S. Sekhara Pillai and B. Saraswathy Amma in Thiruvananthapuram on 26 November 1949.
He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree and married T. Jayakumari, with whom he has one son and one daughter.
Thampanoor Ravi was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1991 from the Neyyattinkara constituency, which represented the Congress party.
He was re-elected during the 1996 and 2001 elections and thus represented the constituency for 15 years in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.