Party Name : All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Tiruchirappalli
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Thiru. Raman
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 24 Jun 1945
Profession :
Positions held :
1989 Founder, General-Secretary, Pattali Makkal Katchi (P.M.K)1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1999 Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare (Independent Charge)2001 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha(2nd term)2002 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
General-Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Employees Association Co-ordination Committee Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, 1974-87; Formed Dalit People`s Front in 1980 and worked as its Convenor
Special Interests
Community Service
Countries Visited
Japan, Libya, Havana, Barbados and New York; Attended/Participated in (i) Social Justice Conference, Tripoli (Libya), 1987; (ii) NAM Summit Conference, Havana (Cuba), 1998; (iii) Commonwelath Countries Conference, Barbados (Carrebian); (iv) UN Conference on Population, New York, 1999; Visited Japan to study the problems of Burakumins, coutner- parts of Indian Dalits, 1985
Other Information
Served (i) Post and Telegraph Department (P&T), 1963-87; (ii) Deputation to Indian Army during Indo-Pak War, 1969-74; (iii) Secretary, Tamil Nadu Cricle Postal Union, National Federation of Postal Union (NFPTE) till 1987; Awarded Sainik Sewa Medal with a citation by the President of India for meritorious service
