D Ravi Kumar is listed as Lok Sabha MP for Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu.
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The cited biography records D Ravi Kumar’s date of birth as 29 May 1960. The birthplace is recorded as Manganampattu, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu.
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: M.A., B.L., Ph.d Educated at Tamil University, Thanjavur and Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu Tamil University, Thanjavur and Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. The professional background is listed as Advocate.
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is 2006-2011: Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. A later recorded entry is 26 Sep 2026 onwards: Member, Committee on Finance. This identifies the earliest entry available in that source, rather than establishing the start of the entire political career. Historical and open-ended positions retain their source periods.
Prose: 1. KankanippinArasiyal (1995) Vidiyal Pathippagam 2. KothippuUyarnduVarum (2001) Kalachuvadu 3. Kadakka MudiyathaNizhal(2003) Kalachuvadu 4. Malcolm X (2003) Kalachuvadu 5. Sonnaal Mudiyum (2007) Vikatan Publication 6. Intrum Namadhe (2008) Vikatan Publication 7. Thuyarathinmel patiyum Thuyaram (2009) Aazhi Publication 8. Thamizharay Unarum Tharunam (2010) Aazhi Publication 9. Kaana Mutiyaa Kanavu (2010) Aazhi Publication 10. Bob Marley (2010) Uyirmai Publication 11. Andai Ayal Ulakam(2010) Uyirmai Publication 12. Piravazhip payanam (2010) Uyirmai Publication 13. Katranaiththoorum (2010) Uyirmai Publication 14. Soolakam (2010) Uyirmai Publication 15. Meelum Varalaru (2010) Ulakath thamizharaychi niruvanam 16. Kaalaththai thorkditta kalaingar (2017) Kizhakku 17. Kumbalatchiyilirunthu Kodungonmaikku (2017) Kizhakku 18. Aayiram pookkal karukattum (2019) Manarkeni 19. Rajinikanthum Pudumaipithanum (2019) Manarkeni 20. Neethi ennum Puthirpaathai(2020) Manarkeni 21. Thoduthirai yukathil Ambedkar (2020) Manarkeni Poetry: 22. Avizhum Sorkal(2009) Uyirmai 23. Mazhai Maram (2009) CreA 24. Vanil Vitterintha Kanavu (2017) Manarkeni, ShortStory: 25. Kadal Kinaru (2014) Manarkeni, Translations: 26. Uraiyadal Thodarkiradu (1995) interviews and articles of philosophers including Michel Foucault, Edward Said and others) Vidiyal Pathipakam 27.Kattilil kitakkum maranam (2002) Marutham 28. Velichamum Thanneer Mathiritan (2003) short stories of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and others 29. Paniya marukkum panpaatu (2003) Kalachuvadu 30. Choli ke peche (2010) short stories of women writers including Mahasweta Devi,lsmat Chuktai, Isabelle Allende.) Aazhi 31. Athikarathitam Unmaiyaip Pesuthal(2010)(writingsofEdwardSaid); 32. Varalaru Ennum Kathai(2010) writings of Eduardo Galeano) 33. Valasaip Paravai(2010) (Poems of Yehuda Amichai, MayaAngelou, Ethelbert Miller, Joy Goswami and others) Manarkeni 34. Vellai nizhal padiyatha Veedu(Poems of African American writers)(2014) Manarkeni 35. Kural Enpathu Mozhiyin Vidiyal(Poems of Arabian Poets)2014) Manarkeni 36. Maamisam (short stories of African and Latin American writers)(2014) Manarkeni 37.ThannilaiyumAthikaaramum(writings of Elea canetti, Edward Said and Michel Foucault)(2020) Manarkeni; Books Edited: Tamil: 38. Dalit Literature, Politics, Culture (1996) 39. Dalit Engira Thanitthuvum (1998) 40. IyotheeThaasPanditarCintanaikal(four volumes)(1999) 41. Rettaimalai Srinivasan Jeevida Carithira Curukkam (1999)(Autobiography) 42. Mikai Naadum Kalal(2003)(Essays on cinema) English: 43. We the condemned(1998) PUCL 44. Walking is another Dream (2011) Navayana 45.Tamil Dalit Writings (2012) OUP, Chennal
Member, Committee on Finance
Source ↗Member, Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
Source ↗Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Source ↗Member, Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development
Source ↗Elected to 17th Lok Sabha
Source ↗Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45 | 7 |
| 2025 | 47 | 11 |
| 2026 | 36 | 4 |
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M.A., B.L., Ph.d Educated at Tamil University, Thanjavur and Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu Tamil University, Thanjavur and Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu.
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