Chandy Oommen

Chandy Oommen (born 1 March 1986) is an Indian lawyer, lecturer, and politician. He is an advocate by profession, who practices law at the Supreme Court of India since 2016. He currently serves as the Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Puthuppally Assembly constituency, since 2023, and as the Chairman of the National Outreach Cell of the Indian Youth Congress, since 2022. The son of politician and former Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, Chandy is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). His entry into electoral politics occurred in September 2023 when he contested in the Puthupally assembly byelection and won with an unprecedented margin of 37,719 votes, setting a new record for the constituency. Family and education Chandy Oommen was born on 1 March 1986 in Puthuppally, Kottayam district of Kerala, India to a Malankara Orthodox Christian family as the only son of former chief minister Oommen Chandy and Mariamma Oommen. He was named after his paternal grandfather, K. O. Chandy. Chandy has two sisters—Maria and Achu Oommen. Chandy completed his schooling at Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram. He went to college at Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram, for a bachelor's degree in economics. He then pursued his bachelor's (BA Hons) and master's (MA) degrees in history at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, where he was the president of the college students' union from 2006 to 2007. After completing his post-graduation, he went on to earn an LLB from Delhi University and an LLM in criminology from the National Law University, Delhi. Additionally, he completed a summer course at the London School of Economics. Subsequently, he obtained an additional LLM in constitutional law from Christ University, Bengaluru in 2016.