Biography

GOUNDER, SHRI SENAPATHI*

[Cong.(I) – Palani (Tamil Nadu)]

Positions held

1948-52

1952-71

1952-80

1980

1984

1990

1991

9th November, 1916

Kutta Palayam (Tamil Nadu)

Married on 9th September, 1938

Late Smt. Nallammal

Three sons and four daughters

Diploma Course

Agriculturist

Pattaikara Nilayam, Adinaram, Palani, Distt. Dindugul Quaid-e-Millet
(Tamil Nadu)

Member, Madras PCC

Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Leader, Congress [later Cong.(I)], Tamil Nadu

Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)

Member, Railway Convention Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)

Member, House Committee

Member, Committee on Petitions

Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministries of Food Processing
Industries
and Human Resource Development

Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the third time

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time

Wrote explanatory notes on Bhagvat Geeta; books on agriculture, cattle
breeding, dairy development and food processing

Construction of houses (about 4000 houses) for rehabilitation of SC and ST:
promotion of adult education; donated 200 acres of land for Bhoodan
Movement; running polytechnic institutes, ITI training college and high
schools for rural boys and girls; established two Educational trusts for
Development of Rural Employment such as (i) Rama-Krishna Nillamma Trust, and
(ii) Sri Vendor Educational Trust which run a Self Finance Polytechnic at
Dharapuram; one ITI at Velokoil covering about 600 students getting training
in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, Communications,
Computer (Diploma Course) etc.

Development of agriculture and cattle breeding, rural development;
training rural youth in vocational education and handicrafts

Dairy farming, farming and social service

Football team captain during student career; represented the then Madras
State in Football

Canada, North Korea, U.K., U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.; Member, Indian
Parliamentary Delegation to North Korea

Associated with Congress Party since 1937; President, Agricultural
Cooperative Bank, Shankarandam-Palayam since 1956.