Venugopal, Thiru Danapal Constituency   : Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu) Party Name     : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Email Address : dvgopal[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Thiru P. Dhanapal Gounder Mother’s Name Smt. Danabakyam Ammal Date of Birth 05 Nov 1931 Place of Birth Kattampoondi, Distt. Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 11 Feb 1956 Spouse’s Name Smt. Uthirambal No.of Daughters 2 Educational Qualifications Higher Secondary Educated at Danish Mission High School, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu Profession Farmer Social Worker Permanent Address (i) 69/74, Anaikatty Street District -Tiruvannamalai – 606 601 Tamil Nadu Tels. (04175) 225200, 222574 (O) 09442557789 (M) (ii) Kattampoondi Village & Post., Tiruvannamalai – 606 601 Tamil Nadu Tels. (04175) 248222, 248428 Present Address 4, Talkatora Road, New Delhi – 110 001 Tels. (011) 23094801, 9868180678 (M) Positions Held

1965-1969 President, Village Panchayat Board, Kattampoondi

1970-1975 Chairman, Panchayat Union, Distt. Tiruvannamalai

1977-80 and 1980-84 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (two terms)

1982 President, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K.), Distt. Committee, Tiruvannamalai

1996- 1997 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha

1996-98 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development

1998 – 1999 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1998-1999 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment

1999 – 2004 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development

2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

2004 – 2009 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)

Member, Committee to Review the Rate of Dividend Payble by the Railway Undertaking to General Revenues

Member, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests

5 Aug. 2007- May 2009 Member, Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)

31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution

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

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