Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Tindivanam (Tamil Nadu )
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Party Name :
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Pattali Makkal Katchi(PMK)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Shri Kothandapani Kounder
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Indirani Kothandapani
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Date of Birth
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03.08.1956
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Place of Birth
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Kumalam, District-Villupuram (Tamilnadu)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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28 Nov 1988
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Gunavathi Dhanaraju
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No. of Sons
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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M.Sc., M.Ed., M.Phil., Ph. D.
Educated at Annamalai University, Madras University and
Pondicherry University
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Profession
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Teacher
Agriculturist
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Permanent Address |
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No. 10, Kamatchiamman Koil Street
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Tindivanam-604 001 (Tamil Nadu)
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9443367795(M),
09345429307
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Present Address |
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127, North Avenue,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tels. (011) 23092005, 9868180125 (M)
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Position Held |
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2004
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Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
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Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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Member, informal Consultative Committee Ministry of Railways
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture
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Member,Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Engaged in active research on ultrasonic studies and Di-electric studies on certain complexes of substituted nitriles and phenols; attended a number of scientific conferences/seminars at National and International levels; fabricated a new type of visco-meter for viscosity measurement
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Life member, Acoustic Society of India; Member, Social Improvement Society
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Special Interests
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Science and Technology, Politics, environmental issues, pollution control and construction of checkdams
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading
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Sports and Clubs
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Badminton and carrom
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Countries Visited
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China, Japan, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A. and European Union Countries
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Other Information
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Had also done Certificate Course in French; Certificate course in Micro Processor & Programming Languages; Lecturer in Physics (Asstt. Prof.) , 1980-88; Senior Lecturer in Physics, 1988-95; Selection Grade (Reader) Lecturer in Physics, 1995-99; Officer on Special Duty to Minister of State (i) Health & Family Welfare, 1999-2000; (ii) Coal, 2000-01 and (iii) Railways, 2002-04; Associated Member, Delimitation Committee, Tamil Nadu
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Reference: Loksabha