List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha

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Twelve members are nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India for a six-year term for their contributions towards arts, literature, sciences, and social services. This right has been bestowed upon the President according to the Fourth Schedule (Articles 4(1) and 80(2)) of the Constitution of India.

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Current members

This is a Current list of Members of the Rajya Sabha who have been nominated by the President.

No.ImageName [1] FieldParty [1] Date of
Appointment [2] 		Date of
Retirement [2]
1 Mahesh Jthmalani - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg Mahesh Jethmalani Law Bharatiya Janata Party 02-Jun-202113-Jul-2024
2 Sonal Mansingh.jpg Sonal Mansingh Arts 14-Jul-201813-Jul-2024
3
Ram Shakal.jpg
Ram Shakal Social work 14-Jul-201813-Jul-2024
4 Dr Rakesh Sinha.jpg Rakesh Sinha Literature 14-Jul-201813-Jul-2024
5 Ghulam Ali Khatana Social work 11-Sept-202210-Sept-2028
6 Hon'ble Justice Ranjan Gogoi.jpg Ranjan Gogoi Law Independent 19-Mar-202018-Mar-2026
7 Veerendra Heggade 02.JPG Veerendra Heggade Social Work 7-Jul-20226-Jul-2028
8 P. T. Usha.jpg P. T. Usha Sports 7-Jul-20226-Jul-2028
9 Ilaiyaraaja BHung.jpg Ilaiyaraaja Arts 7-Jul-20226-Jul-2028
10 Vijayendraprasad.jpg V. Vijayendra Prasad Cinema 7-Jul-20226-Jul-2028
11 Satnam Singh Sandhu Addresses - Opening Ceremony - Wiki Conference India - CGC - Mohali 2016-08-05 6151 (cropped).JPG Satnam Singh Sandhu Education 31-Jan-202430-Jan-2030
12 Sudha Murthy ji in 2023.jpg Sudha Murthy Philanthropy and Education 08-Mar-202407-Mar-2030

List of members

This is a Complete list of Members of the Rajya Sabha who have been nominated by the President.

Sr. No.ImageNameStart of TermEnd of Term
1 Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer.jpg Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer 3 April 19523 October 1953
2 SatyenBose1925.jpg Satyendranath Bose 3 April 19522 July 1959
3 Prithviraj Kapoor in Sinkandar (1941).jpg Prithviraj Kapoor 3 April 19522 April 1960
4 – Jagadisan Mohandas Kumarappa 3 April 19522 April 1954
5 – Kalidas Nag 3 April 19522 April 1954
6 Rukmini Devi.jpg Rukmini Devi Arundale 3 April 19522 April 1962
7 – N. R. Malkani 3 April 19522 April 1962
8 – Sahib Singh Sokhey 3 April 19522 April 1956
9 DR. ZAKIR HUSAIN - PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY 0005.jpg Zakir Husain 3 April 19526 July 1957
10 Maithili Sharan Gupt 1974 stamp of India.jpg Maithili Sharan Gupt 3 April 19522 April 1964
11 Kaka Kalelkar 1985 stamp of India.jpg Kaka Kalelkar 3 April 19522 April 1964
12 Radha Kumud Mukherji.jpg Radha Kumud Mukherjee 3 April 19522 April 1958
13 Pandurang Vaman Kane 2022 stamp of India.jpg Pandurang Vaman Kane 16 November 195311 September 1959
14 – Moturi Satyanarayana 3 April 19542 April 1966
15 – Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia 3 April 19542 April 1966
16 – Bhargavram Vitthal Warerkar 3 April 195623 September 1964
17 – Tara Chand 22 August 19572 April 1968
18 – Ajudhia Nath Khosla 3 April 19584 October 1959
19 – K. M. Panikkar 25 August 195922 May 1961
20 Jairamdas Daulatram 1985 stamp of India.jpg Jairamdas Daulatram 19 October 19592 April 1976
21 – Mohanlal Saksena 22 November 19592 April 1964
22 – Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay 3 April 19602 April 1966
23 – V. T. Krishnamachari 9 June 196113 February 1964
24 R.R. Diwakar April 1950.jpg R. R. Diwakar 3 April 19622 April 1968
25 – Gopal Singh 3 April 19622 April 1968
26 – M. Ajmal Khan 31 March 196418 October 1969
27 Shakuntala Paranjpye in film, Duniya Na Mane (1937).jpg Shakuntala Paranjpye 3 April 19642 April 1970
28 – Badri Nath Prasad 3 April 196418 January 1966
29 – G. Ramachandran 3 April 19642 April 1970
30 – Satyavrata Siddhantalankar 25 November 19642 April 1968
31 – M. N. Kaul 30 March 19662 April 1972
32 Harivansh Rai Bachchan 2003 stamp of India.jpg Harivansh Rai Bachchan 3 April 19662 April 1972
33 Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil 2008 stamp of India.jpg Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil 3 April 196631 August 1967
34 – M. C. Setalvad 3 April 19662 April 1972
35 G.shankarakurup.jpg G. Sankara Kurup 3 April 19682 April 1972
36 JoachimAlva.jpg Joachim Alva 3 April 19682 April 1974
37 Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16.jpg S. Nurul Hasan 3 April 196830 September 1971
38 – K. Ramiah 3 April 19682 April 1974
39 – Ganga Sharan Sinha 3 April 19682 April 1974
40 – Maragatham Chandrasekar 3 April 19702 April 1982
27 September 198229 December 1984
41 Umashankar Joshi (cropped).jpg Umashankar Joshi 3 April 19702 April 1976
42 – Rasheeduddin Khan 3 April 19702 April 1982
43 – Vidya Prakash Dutt 4 December 19712 April 1980
44 – Abu Abraham 3 April 19722 April 1978
45 – Pramathanath Bishi 3 April 19722 April 1978
46 – C. K. Daphtary 3 April 19722 April 1978
47 Indian Writer Habib Tanvir.jpg Habib Tanvir 3 April 19722 April 1978
48 – Krishna Kriplani 3 April 19742 April 1980
49 Lokesh Chandra.jpg Lokesh Chandra 3 April 19742 April 1986
50 – Scato Swu 3 April 19742 April 1986
51 – B. N. Banerjee 3 April 19762 April 1982
52 Malcolm S. Adiseshiah.tif Malcolm Adiseshiah 14 April 197813 April 1984
53 – Fathema Ismail 14 April 197813 April 1984
54 – Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav 14 April 197813 April 1984
55 Bhagwati charan verma.jpg Bhagwati Charan Varma 14 April 19785 October 1981
56 Nargis in Awaara film.jpg Nargis 3 April 19803 May 1981
57 Khushwantsingh.jpg Khushwant Singh 3 April 19802 April 1986
58- Asima Chatterjee 18 February 198213 April 1984
9 May 19848 May 1990
59 Sivaji Ganesan 1.jpg Sivaji Ganesan 18 February 19822 April 1986
60 – Hayatullah Ansari 27 September 198226 September 1988
61 – Madan Bhatia 27 September 198226 September 1988
25 November 198824 November 1994
62 – V. N. Tiwari 27 September 19823 April 1984
63 – Ghulam Rasool Kar 9 May 198428 December 1987
64 – Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy 9 May 19848 May 1990
65 – H. L. Kapur 3 January 198514 November 1985
66 – Purushottam Kakodkar 3 January 19852 January 1991
67 Salim ali mns.jpg Salim Ali 4 September 198520 June 1987
68 MJ-Ela-Bhatt-October-2013.jpg Ela Bhatt 12 May 198626 September 1988
69 Amrita Pritam (1919 - 2005) , in 1948.jpg Amrita Pritam 12 May 198611 May 1992
70 MFHussain2.jpg M. F. Husain 12 May 198611 May 1992
71 RK Narayan 2009 stamp of India.jpg R. K. Narayan 12 May 198611 May 1992
72 Ravi Shankar.jpg Ravi Shankar 12 May 198611 May 1992
73 – Anwara Taimur November 19888 May 1990
74 – Sat Paul Mittal 25 November 198812 January 1992
75 – Bishambhar Nath Pande 25 November 198824 November 1994
76 Nehru Gandhi Roerich.jpg Mohammad Yunus 15 June 198914 June 1995
77 The Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Shri Jagmohan briefing the media about further plans of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture for Yamuna Pushta Area and activities of ASI in New Delhi on February 13, 2004.jpg Jagmohan 28 May 19909 May 1996
78 Prakash Ambedkar Lok Sabha.jpg Prakash Ambedkar 18 September 199017 September 1996
79 – Bhupinder Singh Mann 18 September 199017 September 1996
80 – Russi Karanjia 11 January 199110 January 1997
81 Newly elected Rajya Sabha MP, Dr. Mahendra Prasad taking oath of Office at Parliament House in New Delhi on April 3, 2006 (cropped).jpg Mahendra Prasad 27 August 199324 November 1994
82 – M. Aram 27 August 199324 May 1997
83 Vyjayanthimala.jpg Vyjayantimala 27 August 199326 August 1999
84 – B. B. Dutta 27 August 199326 August 1999
85 – Habibur Rahman Nomani 27 August 199326 August 1999
86 Late Nirmala Deshpande.jpg Nirmala Deshpande 27 August 199726 August 1999
24 June 20041 May 2008
87 Shabana Azmi.jpg Shabana Azmi 27 August 199726 August 2003
88 – P. Selvie Das 27 August 199726 August 2003
89 – Kartar Singh Duggal 27 August 199726 August 2003
90 Kuldip Nayar-2.jpg Kuldip Nayyar 27 August 199726 August 2003
91 – Raja Ramanna 27 August 199726 August 2003
92 CNREDDY.JPG C. Narayana Reddy 27 August 199726 August 2003
93 Mrinal-sen.jpg Mrinal Sen 27 August 199726 August 2003
94 Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav 2013-09-03 18-33.jpg Harmohan Singh Yadav 27 August 199726 August 2003
95 Nanaji Deshmukh 2017 stamp of India.jpg Nanaji Deshmukh 22 November 199921 November 2005
96 Lata-Mangeshkar.jpg Lata Mangeshkar 22 November 199921 November 2005
97 The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting Padma Vibhushan to Shri Fali Sam Nariman, at an Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on March 23, 2007 (cropped).jpg Fali Sam Nariman 22 November 199921 November 2005
98 – Cho Ramaswamy 22 November 199921 November 2005
99 Hema malini bhungama1.jpg Hema Malini 27 August 200326 August 2009
100 Bimal Jalan (cropped).jpg Bimal Jalan 27 August 200326 August 2009
101 Kasturirangan at IISc.jpg K. Kasturirangan 27 August 20038 July 2009
102 – Narayan Singh Manaklao 27 August 200326 August 2009
103 Dr. Vidhyanivas Mishra with Dr. Archana Dwivedi.jpg Vidya Niwas Misra 27 August 200314 February 2005
104 – Chandan Mitra 27 August 200326 August 2009
105 Dara Singh 1.jpg Dara Singh 27 August 200326 August 2009
106 Kapilavatsyayan.jpg Kapila Vatsyayan 16 February 200624 March 2006
10 April 200715 February 2012
107 Shobhana Bhartia, Hindustan Times Leadership Summit-2013, New Delhi (cropped).jpg Shobhana Bhartia 16 February 200615 February 2012
108 Shyam Benegal.jpg Shyam Benegal 16 February 200615 February 2012
109 Ram Jethmalani.jpg Ram Jethmalani 10 April 200626 August 2009
110 Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan - Kolkata 2013-01-07 2674.JPG M. S. Swaminathan 10 April 20079 April 2013
111 The Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to PM, Dr. C. Rangarajan addressing a Press Conference on Review of Economy 2009-10, in New Delhi on February 19, 2010 (4).jpg C. Rangarajan 9 August 200810 August 2009
112 – H. K. Dua 18 November 200917 November 2015
113 – Ashok Sekhar Ganguly 18 November 200917 November 2015
114 Mani Shankar Aiyar addressing the Press Conference on 4th NE Business Summit to be held in Guwahati on 15th & 16th September 2008, in New Delhi on September 11, 2008.jpg Mani Shankar Aiyar 22 March 201021 March 2016
115 Javed Aktar 2010.jpg Javed Akhtar 22 March 201021 March 2016
116 B Jayashree during a shoot of Ishtakamya.jpg B. Jayashree 22 March 201021 March 2016
117 RamDayalMundaportrait.jpeg Ram Dayal Munda 22 March 201030 September 2011
118 The Member, Planning Commission, Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar addressing at the inauguration of a two-day International Seminar on 'Higher Education for Growth & Equity India-China Experience', in New Delhi on January 20, 2007.jpg Bhalchandra Mungekar 22 March 201021 March 2016
119 Anu Aga.jpg Anu Aga 27 April 201226 April 2018
120 Rekha04.jpg Rekha 27 April 201226 April 2018
121 Sachin at Castrol Golden Spanner Awards.jpg Sachin Tendulkar 27 April 201226 April 2018
122 – Mrinal Miri 29 June 201221 March 2016
123 – K. Parasaran 29 June 201228 June 2018
124 – K. T. S. Tulsi 25 February 201424 February 2020
125 Navjot Singh Sidhu on the sets of Sony Max in 2012 (cropped).jpg Navjot Singh Sidhu 25 April 201618 July 2016
126 Pranav Pandya 4 May 201611 May 2016
127 Swapan Dasgupta in May 2016 (cropped).jpg Swapan Dasgupta 25 April 201616 March 2021
128 Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mohapatra (Architect and Sculptor) 01.jpg Raghunath Mohapatra 14 July 20189 May 2021
129 Roopa Ganguly at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Parliament House, in New Delhi.jpg Roopa Ganguly 04 October 201624 April 2022
(127) Swapan Dasgupta in May 2016 (cropped).jpg Swapan Dasgupta 02 June 202124 April 2022
130
Sabhaji raje chhatrapati.jpg
Sambhaji Raje 13 June 201603 May 2022
131 Suresh Gopi.jpg Suresh Gopi 25 April 201624 April 2022
132 Subramanian Swamy.JPG Subramanian Swamy 25 April 201624 April 2022
133 Mary Kom - British High Commission, Delhi, 27 July 2011.jpg Mary Kom 25 April 201624 April 2022
134 Sonal Mansingh 14 July 201823 July 2024
135 Ram Shakal 14 July 201823 July 2024
136 Rakesh Sinha 14 July 201823 July 2024
137 Mahesh Jethmalani 02 June 202113 July 2024
138 Ranjan Gogoi 19 March 202018 March 2026
139 P. T. Usha 7 July 20226 July 2028
140 Veerendra Heggade 7 July 20226 July 2028
141 Ilaiyaraaja 7 July 20226 July 2028
142 V. Vijayendra Prasad 7 July 20226 July 2028
143 Ghulam Ali Khatana 10 September 20229 September 2028
144 Satnam Singh Sandhu 31 January 202430 January 2030

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  2. 1 2 "List of Sitting Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)". rajyasabha.nic.in.
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