• Born on October 4, 1946
  • Diploma in Civil Engineering
  • Joined CPI(M) in 1968
  • Elected Secretary Trichy District Kisan Sabha 1974
  • Elected Secretary Tamilnadu State Kisan Sabha 1986
  • Elected General Secretary All India Kisan Sabha 1998
  • Elected Trichy District Secretary 1978
  • Elected to Tamilnadu State Committee 1972
  • Elected to State Secretariat 1986
  • Elected to Central Committee 1998
  • Elected to Central Secretariat 2002
  • Elected to Polit Bureau 2005
  • Was underground for two years during the Emergency from 1975 to 1977
  • Currently Member of the Polit Bureau