Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Rasipuram-SC (Tamil Nadu )
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Party Name :
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Shri M. Vellayan
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Kandammal
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Date of Birth
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12.06.1948
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Place of Birth
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Oonjanoor, Distt. Salem (Tamil Nadu)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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20 Jan 1975
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Spouse’s Name
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Dr. L. Lokaranjan
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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M.B.B.S., M.D., D.G.O. (Obst. and Gynae.)
Educated at Stanley Medical College and Madras Medical Colleg Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
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Profession
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Medical Practitioner
Educationist, Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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103, M.K.N. Road, Alandur,
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Chennai- 600016, Tamil Nadu
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(044)2344646,2323445
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Present Address |
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73, North Avenue,
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New Delhi – 110001
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(011) 23792108
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Position Held |
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1991-96
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Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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1993
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Member, Committee on Petitions
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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1998
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Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Human Resource Development and its
Sub-Committee-II on Medical Education
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Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and
its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women—Criminal Laws
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Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament
and its Sub-Committee on Maintenance of Computers and Related Activities
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Secretary, A.I.A.D.M.K. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
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Member, Committee on Official Language
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2000-2001
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Member, Committee on the Empowerment of Women
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
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Book Published
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(i) I.Q. of the New Born Baby; and (ii) Each One Teach Five
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Medical Research on I.Q. of the New Born Baby
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Associated with prevention of female infanticide; conducting health camps for rural
people and working for abolition of child labour; working for the rehabilitation of
patients of HIV/AIDS in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu
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Special Interests
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Social, political and economic upliftment of the women, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Listening to light music and reading
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Sports and Clubs
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Participated in National Cadet Corps (N.C.C.), 1969-72 and stood first in N.C.C. snap shooting
Competition 1969-70; associated with sports and games 1970-75; Athletic Champion (Women);
and Member, (i) Sports Development Authority, Tamil Nadu, 1992-95; and (ii) Lions Club,
Taluk Sankarigi, Tamil Nadu
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled, also visited, (i) Saudi Arabia on deputation as a Consultant, 1989-91; and
(ii) All European countries including U.K., Amsterdam, France and Italy on a study tour during
1994; (iii) Russia (Moscow) as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to I.P.U.
Conference, 1998; also participated in the International Medical Parliamentarians Conference,
Nepal (Kathmandu), 1999; (iv) United States of America (Newyork) as a member of Parliamentary
Delegation for “BEIJING +5” Special Session at United Nationas General Assembly, June 2000;
(v) Australia and Newzeland as a member of Goodwill delegation of WHIPS of Political parties; and
(vi) Japan (Tokyo), for attending the 18th Asian Parliamentarians Meeting on Population and Development,
March 2002
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Other Information
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Senate Member, Annamalai University, Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu); played active role in
implementing family welfare programmes and adopting “One Child Norm”; conducted a project on
“Creating Awareness and Prevention of AIDS in Pregnant Women” worked as Government
Hospital, Chennai, 1985-89; Member, (i) National AIDS Consultative Committee (N.A.C.O.),
1998 onwards; (ii) Women Commission, Tamil Nadu, 1992-95; (iii) Committee on Indian
Standards Consumer Affairs; (iv) State Consumer Protection Council, Tamil Nadu, June 2000
onwards; and (v) Prevention of Attrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Tamil
Nadu State Committee
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Reference: Loksabha