Anna University is a public state university located in Tamil Nadu,India. The main campus is in Chennai. It was originally established on 4 September 1978 and is named after C. N. Annadurai,the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a centre-right to right-wing conservative Indian political alliance led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded in 1998 and currently controls the government of India as well as the government of 15 Indian states and one Union territory.
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.) at Madurai on 17 October 1972 as a breakaway faction from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam after M. Karunanidhi expelled him from the party for demanding an account as the party treasurer. The party is adhering to the policy of socialism and secularism based on the principles of C. N. Annadurai (Anna) collectively coined as Annaism by M.G.R. The party has won a seven-time majority in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and has emerged as the most successful political outfit in the state's history. It is currently the main opposition party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
G. K. Vasan is an Indian Politician and son of G. K Moopanar,a veteran Indian National Congress Leader. G K Vasan is currently the president of Tamil Maanila Congress (M),a political party in the state of Tamil Nadu,India. He was a member of Rajya Sabha,an upper house of Indian Parliament from the year 2002 until 2014. During his tenure as a Member of Indian Parliament,he had functioned in several positions in the Union Government under UPA 1 &UPA II regime including as a Minister of State for Ministry of Statistics &Programme Implementation from Jan 2006 –May 2009;Union Minister of Shipping from May 2009 –May 2014 and as an In-charge Minister for Labour from Jan 2014 - April 2014.
The Annamalai University is a public state university in Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu,India. The 1,500-acre (6.1 km2) sprawling campus offers courses of higher education in arts,science,engineering,medical,management,humanities,agriculture,and physical education. The university also provides more than 500 courses through distance education. With over 32,480 students residing on campus,it is one of the largest unitary,teaching,and residential universities in Asia,and is among the most reputed and ranked universities in India including the rankings from NIRF,QS World University Rankings,Times University Rankings,CWTS Leiden Ranking,India Today Magazine,India Today MDRA,AISHE,ARIIA,SCImago Institutions Rankings.
Subburaman Thirunavukkarasar is an Indian politician. He was the State President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee till 2 February 2019 and former secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) of the Indian National Congress (INC) party. His introduction to politics in 1977 was facilitated by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,M. G. Ramachandran. Ramachandran founded the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 1972 and was facing his first elections for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in 1977. He identified Thirunavukkarasar,a lawyer by profession,to contest the Aranthangi assembly constituency. Thirunavukkarasar won the seat,aged 27,and was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He continued in that capacity till 1980. Subsequently,he served as Tamil Nadu state minister from 1980 to 1987 in the MGR cabinet,holding portfolios that included Industries,Housing Board,Excise and Handlooms. Later,he became a member of the Lok Sabha –the lower house of the Parliament of India –when he won the erstwhile Pudukottai Lok Sabha constituency. He served as Union Minister of state for shipping and later for telecommunications and information technology.
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members,all of whom are democratically elected using the first-past-the-post system. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the Speaker. The term of the Assembly is five years,unless dissolved earlier.
Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram is a Carnatic music vocalist and cinema playback singer from Chennai.
Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami,often referred to by his initials E.P.S.,is an Indian politician who is the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the current leader of opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He served as the 7th chief minister of Tamil Nadu,from 2017 to 2021. He has been the General Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam since 28 March 2023. Palaniswami served as the Joint Coordinator of the AIADMK from 2017 to 2022 and Interim General Secretary of the AIADMK from 2022 to 2023. He also served as the Headquarters Secretary of the AIADMK from 2016 to 2022.
St. Xavier's College,Palayamkottai,is a Jesuit college of arts and science affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,Tamil Nadu,India. The college was founded in 1923 by Jesuit Fr. Jerome D'Souza (1897–1977).
J Jayalalithaa was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989 to 5 December 2016,she was the 5th and longest-serving general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK),a Dravidian party whose cadre revered her as their "Amma" (Mother) and "Puratchi Thalaivi".
Dr Vasudevan Maitreyan is an Indian oncologist and politician was a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India.
Gayathri Raguram is an Indian former politician and former actress who has worked in the South Indian film industry. Gayathri began her career as an actress in the 2001 Telugu film Repallelo Radha and after a career break,she began working as a choreographer in films from 2008 to 2019.
Tamilisai Soundararajan is an Indian politician serving as the 2nd and current Governor of Telangana,and is the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry since 18 February 2021. She was the National Secretary and Tamil Nadu State Unit President of the BJP prior to this appointment.
Jaya Jaitly is an Indian politician and former President of Samata Party,an activist,author and Indian handicrafts curator. She stepped down as party president because of the Operation West End controversy in 2002. In 2020 she was sentenced to 4 years in prison for her role in the Operation West End bribery case.
Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University (TNJMFAU),formerly and commonly known as Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University (TNMFAU),is a government music and fine arts university situated in Adyar in the southern part of the city of Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India. It is about 14 km (8.7 mi) from the Chennai International Airport and about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station. It is one of the premier music and fine arts universities named after the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa.
Jothimani Sennimalai,also known mononymously as Jothimani,is an Indian politician,writer,and social worker. A member of the Indian National Congress,she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Karur,Tamil Nadu in 2019. Having joined politics at a young age,Jothimani served separate terms as the General Secretary and Vice President of Indian Youth Congress and Tamil Nadu Youth Congress respectively.
Thirumathi Margaret Elisabeth Felix is an Indian educator active in the state of Tamil Nadu. She has served at least two terms in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly:Sixth (1977–80) and Seventh (1980–84) as a nominated member belonging to the Anglo-Indian community.
Neville Foley was a prominent leader of the Anglo-Indian community in India. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament as a member of the Samata Party.
C. V Ganesan is an Indian Tamil politician from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He was elected twice as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Tittakudi. Since May 2021,he is serving as Tamil Nadu's Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development.
