[3] After the Congress reelection in 2009, Ravi was re-inducted to the Cabinet for the second UPA government and retained the portfolio of Overseas Indian Affairs.

He resigned from the office after Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh succeeded him.

[citation needed] Vayalar Ravi was born to a prominent Ezhava family, as son of M.K Krishnan, a veteran freedom fighter and a social activist and Devaki Amma a congress party leader in Vayalar, Kerala.

Ravi met his wife Mercy, while they were both active in the Kerala Students Union and he married her after a brief courtship.

[4] In February 2010, Vayalar Ravi along with Indian Ambassador Shamma Jain were injured in a car accident in Monrovia, Liberia, while on an official visit to African countries.