Name of Member: Shri C. Kuppusami
Political Party: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency & State: Chennai North (Tamil Nadu)
Lok Sabha Experience: 12,13,14
Fourteenth Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile
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Constituency : |
Chennai North (Tamil Nadu) |
Party Name : |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) |
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Father’s Name |
Shri Chengalvarayan |
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Date of Birth |
13 Dec 1926 |
Place of Birth |
Potharai, Distt. Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu) |
Marital Status |
Married |
Date of Marriage |
16 Sep 1954 |
Spouse’s Name |
Smt. Andal |
No. of Sons |
1 |
No.of Daughters |
1 |
Educational
Qualifications |
Intermediate
Educated at Annamalai University, Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) |
Profession |
Trade Unionist
Journalist, Social Worker, Publisher |
Permanent Address |
3-C, Old Tower Block, |
Nandanam, Chennai- 600 035 (Tamil Nadu) |
(044)24322255(R),24320280,
28241422 (O)
Fax: (044)28224422 |
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Present Address |
3, Mahadev Road |
New Delhi – 110 001 |
Tels. (011) 23353663, 23359442, 9868180363 (M) |
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Positions Held |
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1998 |
Elected to 12th Lok Sabha |
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1998-99 |
Member, Committee on Petitions |
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Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport |
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1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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1999-2004 |
Deputy Leader, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha |
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1999-2000 |
Member, Committee on Petitions |
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1999-2002 |
Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare |
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2000-2001 |
Member, Committee on Public Accounts |
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2000-2004 |
Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles |
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Member, Business Advisory Committee |
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2002-2004 |
Member, Estimates Committee |
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Member, Delimitation Committee |
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Member Committee on Science and Technology |
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2004 |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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Leader, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha |
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Chairman, Estimates Committee |
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Member, General Purposes Committee |
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Member, Committee on Railways |
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards |
Member, Standing Committee on Defence |
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1 May 2008 |
Chairperson, Financial Committee on Esitmates |
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments |
Publisher Uzhaippali—a Tamil monthly, an official organ of Labour Progressive Federation; and Trustee, Murasoli—a Tamil daily |
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Social And Cultural Activities |
Sponsoring and participating in workers education classes, seminars, camps,workshops; imparting leadership training to the workers on behalf of Labour Progressive Federation; helping physically handicapped through Anna Memorial Trust; and also helping bright students through Murasoli Trust |
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Special Interests |
Trade union activities and helping unorganised labour to organise themselves for achieving social justice |
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation |
Reading books, contributing articles to journals and watching cricket matches on Television |
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Countries Visited |
Japan; as a member of National Productivity Council sponsored by the Asian Productivity Organisation, Japan |
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Other Information |
Served 24 years in Railways; as Trade Union Leader, conducted and participated in Railways and All India Government Employees Strikes, 1968 and 1969; Member, All India Joint Action Committee for the Railway Strike in 1975; held various positions in Labour Progressive Federation since 1970 and its President since 1977; also President, Labour Wing, DMK since 1977 |
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