Party Name : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Tiruvannamalai
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Thiru P. Dhanapal Gounder
Mother's Name : Smt. Danabakyam Ammal
Date of birth : 05 Nov 1931
Profession : Farmer Social Worker
Positions held :
1965-1969 President, Village Panchayat Board, Kattampoondi1970-1975 Chairman, Panchayat Union, Distt. Tiruvannamalai1977-80 and 1980-84 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (two terms)1982 President, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K.), Distt. Committee, Tiruvannamalai1996- 1997 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-98 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development1998 - 1999 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-1999 Member, Committee on Transport and TourismMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment1999 - 2004 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare2004 - 2009 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)Member, Committee to Review the Rate of Dividend Payble by the Railway Undertaking to General RevenuesMember, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests5 Aug. 2007- May 2009 Member, Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Social activities
Special Interests
To improve the livelihood avenues for very poor people in South India in general and in his constituency and in Tamil Nadu in particular
Other Information
President, Agriculture Sales & Marketing Cooperative Society, Tiruvannamalai, 1989; Vice-President, Cooperative Sugar Mills, Kallakurichi, South Arcot, Tamil Nadu, 1972-76; Branch Post Master, Kattampoondi, 1963-65; imprisoned for 42 days for burning a copy of I.P.C., 1986
