Party Name : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Karur
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri Chinnapa Chettiyar
Mother's Name : Smt. Venkatammal
Date of birth : 24 Apr 1935
Profession : Industrialist Advocate, Trade Unionist, Writer
Positions held :
1986-1991 Vice Chairman, Karur Municipality2004 Elected to 14th Lok SabhaMember, Committee on Rural DevelopmentMember Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Industy
More Information :
Special Interests
Travel, music, drama and Tamil literature
Sports and Clubs
Member, Madras Race Club
Countries Visited
France, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore , Sri Lanka, U.K, and U.S.A.
Other Information
Member, (i) PLEX Council (Plastic Exporters Association); (ii) DMK Asset Protection Committee; (iii) DMK , since 1971; (iv) Coffee Board, 2004; Chairman, Sri Palani Dandayudhapani Swami Temple, 1989-91 and 1997-2001; started K.C. Palanisamy & Co. at the age of 26 in 1961; started a unit in 1973 for making new jute bags out of cloth purchased from Calcutta; in 1980, set up a unit at Karur for making polypropylene bags; in 1986, set up a paper bag converting unit; in 1996 set up a unit manufacturing extensible sack kraft paper, using foreign technology; holds 70% share of the country`s cement paper bag market; turnover is Rs. 200 crores; the export turnover is almost Rs. 20 crores; manufactures 12 million paper and polypropylene bags-the highest in the country; recipient of the IT Departments samman award as the highest tax payer in 1994-95 and 1998-99; using the entrepreneurial skills, has created a total asset value of Rs. 250 crore for his company; giving employment to 2200 workers directly and 900 workers indirectly; earned the reputation for excellent human relationship and work atmosphere
