Party Name : All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Rasipuram-SC
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Shri M. Vellayan
Mother's Name : Smt. Kandammal
Date of birth : 12 Jun 1948
Profession : Medical Practitioner Educationist, Social Worker
Positions held :
1991-96 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly1993 Member, Committee on PetitionsMember, Public Accounts Committee1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development and its Sub-Committee-II on Medical EducationMember, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women—Criminal LawsMember, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament and its Sub-Committee on Maintenance of Computers and Related ActivitiesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Secretary, A.I.A.D.M.K. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1999-2000 Member, Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Committee on Official Language2000-2001 Member, Committee on the Empowerment of Women2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
More Information :
Books Published
(i) I.Q. of the New Born Baby; and (ii) Each One Teach Five
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Medical Research on I.Q. of the New Born Baby
Social And Cultural Activities
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
Special Interests
Social, political and economic upliftment of the women, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Listening to light music and reading
Sports and Clubs
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
Countries Visited
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
Other Information
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
