Party Name : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Thanjavur
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri S. Subbiah Vanniyar
Mother's Name : Smt. Maragathambal
Date of birth : 15 Aug 1950
Profession : Agriculturist Advocate, Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-97 Member, Committee on Transport and TourismMember, Railway Convention CommitteeMember, Zonal Railways Users Consultative Committee, Ministry of RailwaysMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications1996-98 Member, Select Committee on the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 19961997-98 Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Committee on IndustryMember, Committee on Private Members’ Bills and ResolutionsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1999-2000 Chairman, Committee on AgricultureMember, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Joint Committee on Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 19991999-2004 Member, General Purposes Committee2000 -2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)25 May 2004 - 2009 Union Minister of State, Finance2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)1 Jun. 2009 - Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, FinanceMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (6th term)9 July 2019 onwards Member, Business Advisory Committee24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Estimates13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and CultureMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
More Information :
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
President, Tamil Centre, Thanjavur (for more than twenty years)
Social And Cultural Activities
General-Secretary, All India Peace and Solidarity, Tamil Nadu Unit; working for the upliftment of weaker sections of the society by providing them facilities such as schools, medical camps, drinking water and link roads etc.
Special Interests
Rural education and upliftment of the rural youth
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading books on parliamentary practices, democratic ethics and philosophy
Sports and Clubs
Secretary, Volleyball Association, Distt. Thanjavur
Countries Visited
Led a delegation of students to the then U.S.S.R. for attending youth festival; attended U.N. General Assembly (2001-02); attended SAARC Parliamentarians Conference, Bangladesh; visited Egypt and South Africa as member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation durng 13th Lok Sabha; and visited Arab Countries as member of Peace Delegtion in 2004
