K. P. Unnikrishnan is a former Union Minister and an MP of Vatakara. He had served as the Minister for Telecommunications in the V P Singh Cabinet.
Unnikrishnan later quit active politics, shifted his base to New Delhi and then to his ancestral house at Panniyankara in Kozhikode, and immersed himself in reading and writing books. He has published books on art, poetry, literature and international affairs