Party Name : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Nilgiris
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri S.K. Andimuthu
Mother's Name : Smt. Chinnapillai
Date of birth : 10 May 1963
Profession : Advocate
Positions held :
1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)13 Oct. 1999 - 29 Sept. 2000 Union Minister of State, Rural Development30 Sept. 2000- 21 Dec. 2003 Union Minister of State, Health and Family WelfareMay 2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)23 May 2004 - 17 May 2007 Union Cabinet Minister, Environment & Forests18 May 2007 Union Cabinet Minister, Communication and Information TechnologyMay 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)31 May 2009-14 Nov. 2010 Union Cabinet Minister, Communications and Information TechnologyMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (5th term)Chief Whip, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha25 June 2019 onwards Member, Business Advisory Committee26 June 2019 onwards Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice09 Oct. 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
More Information :
Books Published
“An Autobiography of Democracy” Oru Suyasarithai—Collection of Tamil poems; 2G Saga Unfolds (English Book); 2G Avilum Unmaigal (Tamil Book)
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Involved in social and Tamil literature movements since student days
Social And Cultural Activities
Contributing articles to leading Tamil and English Dailies and magazines, involved in public life during college days through Dravidar Kazhagam founded by Periyar EVR; President, Dr. Ambedkar Thinkers Forum, Perambalur; Secretary, (i) Rationalist Forum, Perambalur; and (ii) Tamil Ilakkiya Peravai (Literary movement), Perambalur; District Secretary, DMK Party, Perambalur
Special Interests
Activities on Social Reforms
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading books and writing columns and poems in Tamil and English
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
