E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 30 June 2004 – 29 June 2016
Succeeded by	R. Vaithilingam
Constituency	Tamil Nadu
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
In office 17 June 2013 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Member of Parliament forSivagangai
In office 10 October 1999 – 6 Feb 2004
Preceded by	P. Chidambaram
Succeeded by	P. Chidambaram
Personal details
Born	(1947-09-29)29 September 1947 (age 78) Eriyur,Sivagangai district,Tamil Nadu,India
Party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	E. M. S. Devaki
Residence(s)	14, Teen Murti Lane,New Delhi, India Sivagangai,Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Thiagarajar College Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College Madurai Kamaraj University Washington University in St. Louis
Occupation	Lawyer,Politician

E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan is a politician fromIndian National Congress party and amember of parliament representingTamil Nadu in theRajya Sabha.

He was also elected to theLok Sabha fromSivaganga constituency as anIndian National Congress candidate in1999 election.^[1] He is Advocate inSupreme Court of India.^[2]

Sudarsana Natchiappan has addressed theUnited Nations General Assembly on two occasions, both in October 2008. He was part of the Indian delegation, and gave statements on UN peacekeeping operations and globalisation and independence.^[3][4]

Sudarsana Natchiappan is co-founder and President of the Parliamentarian Forum on Human Rights.^[5] The forum is a platform for members of parliament (MPs), cutting across party lines, and catering for the need to discuss and act on human rights violations in the world in general and in India specifically. He became the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry from 17 June 2013 till 26 May 2014 inSecond Manmohan Singh ministry.

Dr. Natchiappan has held the following during his tenure as aMember of Parliament forTamil Nadu:

• Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests (1999–2000)
• Member, Committee on Government Assurances (2000–2004)
• Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (2000–2004)
• Member, Committee on Finance (2002–2004)
• Chairman, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice (Aug. 2004 – May 2009)
• Member, General Purposes Committee (Aug. 2005 – May 2009)
• Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Oct. 2004 – 2008)
• Member, Committee on Rules (Nov. 2004 – Sept. 2010)
• Chairman, Parliamentary Forum on Human Rights, New Delhi (2004–Present)
• Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance (2008 – May 2009) and (Aug. 2009 – June 2013)
• Member, Committee on Human Resource Development (Aug. 2009 – Aug. 2011)
• Member, Committee on Commerce (Aug. 2010 – Aug. 2012)
• Member, Committee on Labour (Aug. 2010 – Aug. 2011)
• Member, Select Committee to the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010 (Aug. 2010 – Dec. 2010)
• Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table (Sept. 2010 – May 2013)
• President, Parliamentarian Forum on Human Rights for Global Development, New Delhi (Sept. 2010–Present)
• Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha (Aug. 2011–Present)
• Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to examine matters relating to allocation and pricing of telecom licences and spectrum (Nov. 2011 – July 2013)
• Member, Business Advisory Committee (April 2012 – Aug. 2013)
• Member, Committee on Defence (Aug. 2012 – June 2013)
• Member, Committee on Ethics (Dec. 2012 – June 2013)
• Member, Committee on Public Accounts (May 2013 – June 2013)
• Chairman, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice (Sept. 2014–Present)
• Member, Business Advisory Committee (Sept. 2014–Present)
• Member, Select Committee on the Payment and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill, 2014 (Dec. 2014 – Feb. 2015)
• Member, General Purposes Committee (Jan. 2015–Present)

• Profile on Rajya Sabha website
• Parliamentarian Forum on Human Rights – For Global Development website
• Statement on UN peacekeeping in UN General Assembly
• Statement on globalization and independence in UN General Assembly

• 1947 births
• Living people
• Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu
• Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu
• India MPs 1999–2004
• People from Sivaganga district
• Madurai Kamaraj University alumni
• Washington University in St. Louis alumni
• Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu

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