Maran, Thiru Dayanidhi Constituency   : Chennai Central (Tamil Nadu) Party Name     : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Email Address : mot_fb[AT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Late Shri Murasoli Maran Mother’s Name Smt. Mallika Maran Date of Birth 05 Dec 1966 Place of Birth Kumbakonam, Distt. Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 26 Aug 1994 Spouse’s Name Smt. Priya Dayanidhi Maran No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications B.A. (Economics) Educated at Loyola College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Profession Businessperson Publisher Permanent Address 3, First Avenue, Boad Club Road, R.A. Puram, Chennai – 600 028, Tamil Nadu Tel. (044) 24371515 Fax. (044) 24371616 Present Address 6, Akbar Road, New Delhi – 110 011 Tel. (011) 23063779, 23061385 (O), 23012323 (R) Fax. (011) 23061575 (O) 23012626 (R) Positions Held

2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha

May 2004 -13 May 2007 Union Cabinet Minister, Communications and Information Technology

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

31 May 2009-19 July 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles

Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Contributed several editorials to Kungumam – a Tamil Weekly; and associated with print media and information technology for the last 13 years Sports and Clubs Cricket, tennis, snookers and rifle shooting Countries Visited Widely travelled Other Information As Minister of Communications and Information Technology, was instrumental in catalyzing a large amount of Foreign Direct Investments into Communication and Information Technology Sector of the country and persuaded many multinational telecom companies including Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Flextronics and Dell to set up units in the country; introduced `One Rupee One India` Plan across the country and rolled back, and achieved, the target of 250 million (against 75 million in May, 2004) telephone connections from Dec. 2007 to Dec. 2010; and participated in various Business and Management Programmes; and also attended Owner/President Management Programme, Harvard University, USA

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