G. K. Vasan MP, Contact Details, Contact Address, Phone Number, Email ID, Website, Office Details

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 (Independent Charge) 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.

Name : Shir G. K. Vasan
     
Member of Parliament : Rajya Sabha

State : Tamil Nadu           

Party : Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)

Father's Name : Late Shri G.K.Moopanar

Mother's Name : Shrimati Kasthuri Moopanar

Date of Birth : 28 December 1964

Place of Birth : Sundara Perumalkoil, Distt. Tanjore (Tamil Nadu)

Marital Status : Married on 29 November 1996

Spouse's Name : Shrimati Sunitha Vasan

Children : One son

Educational Qualification : B.A. (Corporate Secretaryship) Educated at The New College, Madras University, Chennai

Profession : Agriculturist/Farmer

Permanent Address : 4, Ashoka Road, Alwarpet, Chennai – 600018 

Tel.- 044-24991906

Present Address : No. 18, Ashoka Road, New Delhi 110001 

Tel.- 23111175, 23111176

E-mail : gkvasan@sansad.nic.in

Positions Held :    
Aug. 2001 - Aug. 2002 President, Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
April 2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha
May 2002 - Jan. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture
June 2002-July 2004 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
Aug. 2002 - Nov. 2003 Secretary, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)
June 2003-July 2004 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
Nov. 2003-Feb. 2006 President, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee
Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member,  Committee on Coal and Steel
Oct. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Urban Development
Jan. 2006-22 May 2009 Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
April 2008 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
3 March 2009-22 May 2009 Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment (Additional charge)
28 May 2009-26 May 2014 Minister of Shipping
April 2020 Elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
July 2020 onwards Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
July 2020 - Sept. 2021 Member, Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports
Sept. 2021 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
April 2022 onwards Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University