List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha

Last updated October 30, 2024

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.

Current members

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

#	Name^[1]	Field		Term start	Term end
1	Ghulam Ali Khatana	Social work	Bharatiya Janata Party	11-Sept-2022	10-Sept-2028
2	Satnam Singh Sandhu	Education	Bharatiya Janata Party	31-Jan-2024	30-Jan-2030
3	Ranjan Gogoi	Law	Independent	19-Mar-2020	18-Mar-2026
4	Veerendra Heggade	Social Work		7-Jul-2022	6-Jul-2028
5	P. T. Usha	Sports		7-Jul-2022	6-Jul-2028
6	Ilaiyaraaja	Arts		7-Jul-2022	6-Jul-2028
7	V. Vijayendra Prasad	Cinema		7-Jul-2022	6-Jul-2028
8	Sudha Murthy	Philanthropy and Education		08-Mar-2024	07-Mar-2030
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List of members

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

Sr. No.	Image	Name	Start of Term	End of Term
1		Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer	3 April 1952	3 October 1953
2		Satyendranath Bose	3 April 1952	2 July 1959
3		Prithviraj Kapoor	3 April 1952	2 April 1960
4	–	Jagadisan Mohandas Kumarappa	3 April 1952	2 April 1954
5	–	Kalidas Nag	3 April 1952	2 April 1954
6		Rukmini Devi Arundale	3 April 1952	2 April 1962
7	–	N. R. Malkani	3 April 1952	2 April 1962
8	–	Sahib Singh Sokhey	3 April 1952	2 April 1956
9		Zakir Husain	3 April 1952	6 July 1957
10		Maithili Sharan Gupt	3 April 1952	2 April 1964
11		Kaka Kalelkar	3 April 1952	2 April 1964
12		Radha Kumud Mukherjee	3 April 1952	2 April 1958
13		Pandurang Vaman Kane	16 November 1953	11 September 1959
14	–	Moturi Satyanarayana	3 April 1954	2 April 1966
15	–	Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia	3 April 1954	2 April 1966
16	–	Bhargavram Vitthal Warerkar	3 April 1956	23 September 1964
17	–	Tara Chand	22 August 1957	2 April 1968
18	–	Ajudhia Nath Khosla	3 April 1958	4 October 1959
19	–	K. M. Panikkar	25 August 1959	22 May 1961
20		Jairamdas Daulatram	19 October 1959	2 April 1976
21	–	Mohanlal Saksena	22 November 1959	2 April 1964
22	–	Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay	3 April 1960	2 April 1966
23	–	V. T. Krishnamachari	9 June 1961	13 February 1964
24		R. R. Diwakar	3 April 1962	2 April 1968
25	–	Gopal Singh	3 April 1962	2 April 1968
26	–	M. Ajmal Khan	31 March 1964	18 October 1969
27		Shakuntala Paranjpye	3 April 1964	2 April 1970
28	–	Badri Nath Prasad	3 April 1964	18 January 1966
29	–	G. Ramachandran	3 April 1964	2 April 1970
30	–	Satyavrata Siddhantalankar	25 November 1964	2 April 1968
31	–	M. N. Kaul	30 March 1966	2 April 1972
32		Harivansh Rai Bachchan	3 April 1966	2 April 1972
33		Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil	3 April 1966	31 August 1967
34	–	M. C. Setalvad	3 April 1966	2 April 1972
35		G. Sankara Kurup	3 April 1968	2 April 1972
36		Joachim Alva	3 April 1968	2 April 1974
37		S. Nurul Hasan	3 April 1968	30 September 1971
38	–	K. Ramiah	3 April 1968	2 April 1974
39	–	Ganga Sharan Sinha	3 April 1968	2 April 1974
40	–	Maragatham Chandrasekar	3 April 1970	2 April 1982
40	–	Maragatham Chandrasekar	27 September 1982	29 December 1984
41		Umashankar Joshi	3 April 1970	2 April 1976
42	–	Rasheeduddin Khan	3 April 1970	2 April 1982
43	–	Vidya Prakash Dutt	4 December 1971	2 April 1980
44	–	Abu Abraham	3 April 1972	2 April 1978
45	–	Pramathanath Bishi	3 April 1972	2 April 1978
46	–	C. K. Daphtary	3 April 1972	2 April 1978
47		Habib Tanvir	3 April 1972	2 April 1978
48	–	Krishna Kriplani	3 April 1974	2 April 1980
49		Lokesh Chandra	3 April 1974	2 April 1986
50	–	Scato Swu	3 April 1974	2 April 1986
51	–	B. N. Banerjee	3 April 1976	2 April 1982
52		Malcolm Adiseshiah	14 April 1978	13 April 1984
53	–	Fathema Ismail	14 April 1978	13 April 1984
54	–	Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav	14 April 1978	13 April 1984
55		Bhagwati Charan Varma	14 April 1978	5 October 1981
56		Nargis	3 April 1980	3 May 1981
57		Khushwant Singh	3 April 1980	2 April 1986
58	-	Asima Chatterjee	18 February 1982	13 April 1984
58	-	Asima Chatterjee	9 May 1984	8 May 1990
59		Sivaji Ganesan	18 February 1982	2 April 1986
60	–	Hayatullah Ansari	27 September 1982	26 September 1988
61	–	Madan Bhatia	27 September 1982	26 September 1988
61	–	Madan Bhatia	25 November 1988	24 November 1994
62	–	V. N. Tiwari	27 September 1982	3 April 1984
63	–	Ghulam Rasool Kar	9 May 1984	28 December 1987
64	–	Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy	9 May 1984	8 May 1990
65	–	H. L. Kapur	3 January 1985	14 November 1985
66	–	Purushottam Kakodkar	3 January 1985	2 January 1991
67		Salim Ali	4 September 1985	20 June 1987
68		Ela Bhatt	12 May 1986	26 September 1988
69		Amrita Pritam	12 May 1986	11 May 1992
70		M. F. Husain	12 May 1986	11 May 1992
71		R. K. Narayan	12 May 1986	11 May 1992
72		Ravi Shankar	12 May 1986	11 May 1992
73	–	Anwara Taimur	November 1988	8 May 1990
74	–	Sat Paul Mittal	25 November 1988	12 January 1992
75	–	Bishambhar Nath Pande	25 November 1988	24 November 1994
76		Mohammad Yunus	15 June 1989	14 June 1995
77		Jagmohan	28 May 1990	9 May 1996
78		Prakash Ambedkar	18 September 1990	17 September 1996
79	–	Bhupinder Singh Mann	18 September 1990	17 September 1996
80	–	Russi Karanjia	11 January 1991	10 January 1997
81		Mahendra Prasad	27 August 1993	24 November 1994
82	–	M. Aram	27 August 1993	24 May 1997
83		Vyjayantimala	27 August 1993	26 August 1999
84	–	B. B. Dutta	27 August 1993	26 August 1999
85	–	Habibur Rahman Nomani	27 August 1993	26 August 1999
86		Nirmala Deshpande	27 August 1997	26 August 1999
86		Nirmala Deshpande	24 June 2004	1 May 2008
87		Shabana Azmi	27 August 1997	26 August 2003
88	–	P. Selvie Das	27 August 1997	26 August 2003
89	–	Kartar Singh Duggal	27 August 1997	26 August 2003
90		Kuldip Nayyar	27 August 1997	26 August 2003
91	–	Raja Ramanna	27 August 1997	26 August 2003
92		C. Narayana Reddy	27 August 1997	26 August 2003
93		Mrinal Sen	27 August 1997	26 August 2003
94		Harmohan Singh Yadav	27 August 1997	26 August 2003
95		Nanaji Deshmukh	22 November 1999	21 November 2005
96		Lata Mangeshkar	22 November 1999	21 November 2005
97		Fali Sam Nariman	22 November 1999	21 November 2005
98	–	Cho Ramaswamy	22 November 1999	21 November 2005
99		Hema Malini	27 August 2003	26 August 2009
100		Bimal Jalan	27 August 2003	26 August 2009
101		K. Kasturirangan	27 August 2003	8 July 2009
102	–	Narayan Singh Manaklao	27 August 2003	26 August 2009
103		Vidya Niwas Misra	27 August 2003	14 February 2005
104	–	Chandan Mitra	27 August 2003	26 August 2009
105		Dara Singh	27 August 2003	26 August 2009
106		Kapila Vatsyayan	16 February 2006	24 March 2006
106		Kapila Vatsyayan	10 April 2007	15 February 2012
107		Shobhana Bhartia	16 February 2006	15 February 2012
108		Shyam Benegal	16 February 2006	15 February 2012
109		Ram Jethmalani	10 April 2006	26 August 2009
110		M. S. Swaminathan	10 April 2007	9 April 2013
111		C. Rangarajan	9 August 2008	10 August 2009
112	–	H. K. Dua	18 November 2009	17 November 2015
113	–	Ashok Sekhar Ganguly	18 November 2009	17 November 2015
114		Mani Shankar Aiyar	22 March 2010	21 March 2016
115		Javed Akhtar	22 March 2010	21 March 2016
116		B. Jayashree	22 March 2010	21 March 2016
117		Ram Dayal Munda	22 March 2010	30 September 2011
118		Bhalchandra Mungekar	22 March 2010	21 March 2016
119		Anu Aga	27 April 2012	26 April 2018
120		Rekha	27 April 2012	26 April 2018
121		Sachin Tendulkar	27 April 2012	26 April 2018
122	–	Mrinal Miri	29 June 2012	21 March 2016
123	–	K. Parasaran	29 June 2012	28 June 2018
124	–	K. T. S. Tulsi	25 February 2014	24 February 2020
125		Navjot Singh Sidhu	25 April 2016	18 July 2016
126		Pranav Pandya	4 May 2016	11 May 2016
127		Swapan Dasgupta	25 April 2016	16 March 2021
128		Raghunath Mohapatra	14 July 2018	9 May 2021
129		Roopa Ganguly	04 October 2016	24 April 2022
(127)		Swapan Dasgupta	02 June 2021	24 April 2022
130		Sambhaji Raje	13 June 2016	03 May 2022
131		Suresh Gopi	25 April 2016	24 April 2022
132		Subramanian Swamy	25 April 2016	24 April 2022
133		Mary Kom	25 April 2016	24 April 2022
134		Sonal Mansingh	14 July 2018	23 July 2024
135		Ram Shakal	14 July 2018	23 July 2024
136		Rakesh Sinha	14 July 2018	23 July 2024
137		Mahesh Jethmalani	02 June 2021	13 July 2024
138		Ranjan Gogoi	19 March 2020	18 March 2026
139		P. T. Usha	7 July 2022	6 July 2028
140		Veerendra Heggade	7 July 2022	6 July 2028
141		Ilaiyaraaja	7 July 2022	6 July 2028
142		V. Vijayendra Prasad	7 July 2022	6 July 2028
143		Ghulam Ali Khatana	10 September 2022	9 September 2028
144		Satnam Singh Sandhu	31 January 2024	30 January 2030
145		Sudha Murty	8 March 2024	7 March 2030

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Presiding Officers and Parliamentary Functionaries	Chairperson List Deputy Chairperson Pro tem Chairperson Panel of Chairperons Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Chairmen of Parliamentary Committees Whips Secretariat Secretary General Sansad TV
Members	Alphabetical List Nominated Members Current Members Aam Aadmi Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Members by State or Union Territory	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
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