Name of Member: Thiru Danapal Venugopal
Political Party: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency & State: Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)
Lok Sabha Experience: 11,12,13,14,15
Fifteenth Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile
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| Constituency : |
Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu) |
| Party Name : |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) |
| Email Address : |
dvgopal[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Present Address |
| 4, Talkatora Road, |
| New Delhi – 110 001 |
| Tels. (011) 23094801, 9868180678 (M) |
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| Positions Held |
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| 1965-1969 |
President, Village Panchayat Board, Kattampoondi |
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| 1970-1975 |
Chairman, Panchayat Union, Distt. Tiruvannamalai |
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| 1977-80 and 1980-84 |
Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (two terms) |
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| 1982 |
President, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K.), Distt. Committee, Tiruvannamalai |
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| 1996- 1997 |
Elected to 11th Lok Sabha |
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| 1996-98 |
Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development |
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| 1998 – 1999 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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| 1998-1999 |
Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment |
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| 1999 – 2004 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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| 1999-2000 |
Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development |
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| 2000-2004 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
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| 2004 – 2009 |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term) |
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Member, Committee to Review the Rate of Dividend Payble by the Railway Undertaking to General Revenues |
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Member, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests |
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| 5 Aug. 2007- May 2009 |
Member, Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers |
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| 2009 |
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term) |
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| 31 Aug. 2009 |
Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution |
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| Social And Cultural Activities |
| Social activities |
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| 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 |
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| 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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