Shri C. Kuppusami political profile

Kuppusami, Shri C. Constituency   : Chennai North (Tamil Nadu) Party Name     : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)

Father’s Name Shri Chengalvarayan 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 Present Address 3, Mahadev Road New Delhi – 110 001 Tels. (011) 23353663, 23359442, 9868180363 (M) Positions Held

1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha

1998-99 Member, Committee on Petitions

Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1999-2004 Deputy Leader, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Petitions

1999-2002 Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare

2000-2001 Member, Committee on Public Accounts

2000-2004 Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles

Member, Business Advisory Committee

2002-2004 Member, Estimates Committee

Member, Delimitation Committee

Member Committee on Science and Technology

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

Leader, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

Chairman, Estimates Committee

Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Committee on Railways

Member, Rules Committee

5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Defence

1 May 2008 Chairperson, Financial Committee on Esitmates

Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Publisher Uzhaippali—a Tamil monthly, an official organ of Labour Progressive Federation; and Trustee, Murasoli—a Tamil daily 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 Special Interests Trade union activities and helping unorganised labour to organise themselves for achieving social justice Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading books, contributing articles to journals and watching cricket matches on Television Countries Visited Japan; as a member of National Productivity Council sponsored by the Asian Productivity Organisation, Japan 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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