PALANIMANICKAM

Father’s Name	Late Shri S. Subbiah Vanniyar
Mother’s Name	Smt. Maragathambal
Date of Birth	15 August 1950
Place of Birth	Nattani, Distt. Pudukkottai (Tamil Nadu)
Marital Status	Married
Date of Marriage	10 April 1983
Spouse’s Name	Smt. P. Maheswari
No. of Daughters	1
Educational Qualifications	B.L. Educated at Madras Law College, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
Profession	Agriculturist , Lawyer , Trade Unionist , Writer

Permanent Address	49, P.S. Puram, Thanjavur-09 Tamil Nadu (04362) 322550, 322559
Present Address	7, Dr. Bishambar Das Marg, New Delhi - 110001 (011) 23356535, 23356534 (R), 23018111, 23034785 (O)
Positions Held
1996	Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996-97	Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
	Member, Railway Convention Committee
	Member, Zonal Railways Users Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
1996-98	Member, Select Committee on the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 1996
1997-98	Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women
1998	Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1998-99	Member, Committee on Industry
	Member, Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions
	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
	Member, Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
1999	Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1999 - 2004	Chairman, Committee on Agriculture
1999-2000	Member, Committee of Privileges
	Member, Joint Committee on Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999
	Member, General Purposes Committee
2000 -2004	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
	Member, Consultative Committe, National Railway Users
2004	Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)
2009	Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha( 5th term)

Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
President, Tamil Centre, Thanjavur (for more than ten years)
Social And Cultural Activities
General-Secretary, All India Peace and Solidarity, Tamil Nadu Unit; working for the upliftment of weaker sections of the society by providing them facilities such as schools, medical camps, drinking water and link roads etc.
Special Interests
Rural education and upliftment of the rural youth

Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading books on parliamentary practices, democratic ethics and philosophy

Sports and Clubs
Secretary, Volleyball Association, Distt. Thanjavur

Countries Visited
Led a delegation of students to the then U.S.S.R. for attending youth festival; attended (i) SAARC Parliamentarians Conference, Bangladesh; (ii) U.N. General Assembly; and (iii) Good Will Delegation, U.A.E.