M.M. Jacob

Mundakkal Mathew Jacob, popularly known as M. M. Jacob, is an Indian politician. He was born on 9 August 1927 at Ramapuram, present day Kottayam district, Travancore to Ulahanan Mathew and Rosamma Mundakkal. He married Achamma Kunnuthara from Tiruvalla, Kerala (since deceased) and has four daughters. He was appointed Governor of Meghalaya in 1995 and again in 2000 for a second term. He also discharged the function of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh as well for some time in 1996.

He had his education in the University College, Trivandrum, Sacred Heart College, Thevara,Cochin, Loyola College, Madras, and the Lucknow University. He is a graduate in Law and has a master's degree in political science. He holds a diploma in Income Tax Law as well. He did a course in social work in the University of Chicago, U.S.A.

Jacob joined Bharat Sevak Samaj in 1954, which is a non-political voluntary organisation, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as its President and Gulzarilal Nanda, Union Minister, as Chairman, commenced work to enlist public cooperation for India's Planned development. Jacob served as Camp Director to train voluntary workers for the B.S.S. at the first such camp held in Kerala in 1954. Thereafter, he moved to the National Capital Delhi and conducted Camp leaders' and Camp organisers' training programmes for almost two years. He also worked as Zonal Organiser for South India for "labour and social service camps for student and youth" - a scheme under the Union Ministry of Education. Later he took the assignment as Chairman, Bharat Sevak Samaj, Kerala State and Vice-Chairman, Central B.S.S New Delhi.

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