Party Name : Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Vandavasi
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri A. Narashima Gounder
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 03 Jun 1944
Profession : Agriculturist Advocate, Social Worker
Positions held :
1970-76 Joint-Organiser, D.M.K. Party (Student Wing)1970-78 President, Aviyur Pachayat Samiti, Distt. Villupuram, Tamil Nadu1973-78 Vallam Panchayat Union DMK Secretary1978-93 District-Secretary, D.M.K. Party, Distt. Villupuram, Tamil Nadu1977-90 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (three terms)1985-90 Chairman, Vallam Panchayat Union, Distt. Villupuram1989 Chairman, Committee on Petitions, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Chairman, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of ParliamentMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Committee on DefenceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)13 Oct. 1999 - 30 Sept. 2000 Union Minister of State, Textiles30 Sept. 2000 - 29 Jan. 2003 Union Minister of State, Finance29 Jan. 2003-24 May 2003 Union Minister of State, Finance & Company Affairs8 Sept. 2003 - 30 Dec.2003 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Textiles2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)17 Sept. 2004 Chairman, Railway Convention CommitteeMember,Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture5 August 2006-onwards Member, Committee on Commerce5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Commerce
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Countries Visited
Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Member, Board of Selection, Annamalai University, 1976-79; Member,Senate , Annamalai University, 1979-84; Organiser, State Students’ Anti-Hindi Agitation Council, Tamil Nadu, 1968-69
