Party Name : Pattali Makkal Katchi
Constituency : Chidambaram-SC
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri Ettiyan
Mother's Name : Smt. Ananthai Ammal
Date of birth : 01 Jul 1936
Profession : Writer Publisher, Social Worker
Positions held :
1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha1999-2001 Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas2001-2004 Member, Committee on EnergyMember, Committee on DefenceMember, Committee on Empowerment of WomenMember, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Committee on Private Members Bills and ResolutionsMember, Zonal Committee, RailwaysMember, Committee on Rural DevelopmentMember, Advisory Committee, Telecommunications2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 2nd term)Member, Committee on Coal, Mines & SteelMember, Rules CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural DevelopmentMember, Railways Zonal CommitteeDeputy Leader, PMK, Lok Sabha5 August 2006-onwards Member, Committee on Commerce5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Commerce
More Information :
Books Published
Fiction, (i) Not for God (Short Stories Collection); (ii) Translations: Who Were Shudras?; (iii) Untouchables; (iv) What Gandhiji did for emancipation of Scheduled Castes; (v) Gandhiji: His Life and Mission by J.B. Kripalani; (vi) Remembering Rajiv by M.S. Aiyar, and (vii) The Biography of Dr. Ambedkar by Dhananjay Keer (all written by Dr. Ambedkar translated to Tamil)
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Contributing articles to all the Tamil magazines for the last 30 years
Social And Cultural Activities
Social worker; President, Tamil Nadu Depressed Classes League; Vice-President, Gandhi Samaj
Special Interests
Reading, writing, translating and travelling
Other Information
Co-Chairman, Monitoring and Vigilance Committee, Member, (i) Coir Board; (ii) Coconut Board; and (iii) Telecom Advisory Committee
