Party Name : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Thoothukkudi
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri M. Karunanidhi
Mother's Name : Smt. Rajathi Ammal
Date of birth : 05 Jan 1968
Profession : Politician Poet,Journalist
Positions held :
2007 - 2019 Member, Rajya Sabha (Two terms)Aug. 2007-May 2009 & Aug. 2010-Aug. 2012 Member, Standing Committee on Health and Family WelfareSept. 2007-May 2009 & Aug. 2009-Aug. 2010 Member, Standing Committee on Rural DevelopmentMay 2008-May 2009, Sept. 2009-May-2014 & Feb. 2015 Member, Committee on Empowerment of WomenMay 2008-May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentMay 2008-May 2009 & Jan. 2010-May 2014 Member, Parliamentary Forum on ChildrenAug. 2009-May 2014 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External AffairsOct. 2009-May 2014 Member, Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House ComplexSept. 2010-June 2018 Member, Privileges Committee of Rajya SabhaJan. 2012-Aug. 2012 Member, Sub-Committee-I on the Implementation of the Right to Education Act, Standing Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentAug. 2012-May 2014 Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairssept. 2014-May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on External Affairssept. 2014-May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on External AffairsMay 2015-July 2015 Member, Select Committee of Rjya Sabha on the Constitution (One hundred and twenty second Amendment) Bill, 2014April 2016 onwards Member, Board of Governors of the National Institute of Fashion TechnologyApril - July 2017 Member, Select Committee of Rjya Sabha on the Constitution (One hundred and twenty third Amendment) Bill, 2017Aug. - Dec. 2017 Member, Select Committee of Rjya Sabha on the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017May, 2019 Elected to 17th Lok Sabha25 June 2019 onwards Member, House Committee24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Public Undertakings13 Sept. 2019 onwards Chairperson, Standing Committee on Chemicals & Fertilisers09 Oct. 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Empowerment of WomenMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
More Information :
Books Published
Karuvarai Vaasanai, Agathinai, Paarvaigal, Karukkum Marudhani (In Tamil)
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Organised Tamil Folk art festivals `CHENNAI SANGAMAM` Thiruvizha, Namma Tharu Vizha (our Street Festival) showcasing Chennai`s long-last traditional art forms (The only festival of Tamil antiquity that belongs to people of all religions as well as to non-believers)
Social And Cultural Activities
The harvest festival of Tamil antiquity, Pongal, re-discovering itself as urban thanksgiving, Chennai Sangamam had a successful fifth edition in January 2011, scripted a dance drama called Silapathiganam, - The woman of substance; also interested in welfare of differently abled people and the transgenders
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Organised job fairs in various districts of Tamil Nadu which began as an experiment in June 2008 at Kariyapatti, a village in Virudhnagar District; by March 2010, Job Fairs held in rural areas in five districts, namely, Nagarcoil, Vellore, Udhagamandalam, Tiruchirappali and Virudhnagar; by February 2019, Job Fairs held in various districts, provided jobs to over one lakh thirty two thousand unemployed youth spread across Southern Districts of Tamil Nadu; October 2009 to October 2012,(i) Member, General Assembly of ICCR;(ii) Board of Governors of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, April 2016 onwards
