Party Name : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Chennai Central
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Murasoli Maran
Mother's Name : Smt. Mallika Maran
Date of birth : 05 Dec 1966
Profession : Businessperson Publisher
Positions held :
2004 Elected to 14th Lok SabhaMay 2004 -13 May 2007 Union Cabinet Minister, Communications and Information Technology2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)31 May 2009-19 July 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, TextilesMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Estimates13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Home AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Contributed several articles and editorials to "Kungumam" a Tamil Weekly magazine and "Murasoli", the DMK party newspaper associated with print media and information technology for the last 13 years
Social And Cultural Activities
Have been involved in social and public service from a young age, organising welfare and medical Camps
Special Interests
Avid Technology enthusiast & short wave radio/HAM Operator
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Keen interest in Current Affairs, Commerce, Finance, Global Trade and Information Technology
Sports and Clubs
Cricket, golf and tennis
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
As Minister of Communications and Information Technology, was instrumental in catalyzing a large amount of Foreign Direct Investments into Communication and Information Technology Sector of the country and persuaded many multinational telecom companies including Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Flextronics and Dell to set up units in the country; introduced `One Rupee One India` Plan across the country and rolled back, and achieved, the target of 250 million (against 75 million in May, 2004) telephone connections from Dec. 2007 to Dec. 2010; and participated in various Business and Management Programmes; and also attended Owner/President Management Programme, Harvard University, USA
