DR TAMILISAI SOUNDARAJAN
(BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY)
A senior leader of the party she was until recently the Governor
of Telangana and Lt Governor of Puducherry. She served as
State President of the BJP and National Secretary of the BJP
during her political career spanning three decades.
Born in 1961, Tamilisai Soundararajan resigned from the posts
as Governor and rejoined the party in the presence of Tamil
Nadu BJP President K Annamalai
She is the daughter of prominent freedom fighter and veteran
Congressman Kumari Anandan 93, who served as State
Congress President and MP. Her husband Dr Soundararajan is
one of the eminent nephrologists of India.
She graduated from Ethiraj College and did her MBBS from
Madras Medical College and her post graduate degree in
OBGYN from Dr MGR Medical University. She was trained
in Sonology and FET therapy in Canada.
Prior to entering politics, she worked as an assistant professor
at Sri Ramachandra Medical College. She has two children, a
boy and a girl, both are doctors.
As recognition of her dedicated service to the society and
general public and promoting gender equality women
empowerment, she was awarded International Rising Star of
the Year – 2018 by multi ethnic advisory task force, US
operating under US Congressman Danny K Davis.
She became interested in politics from childhood days having
been brought up in a political family. She was elected as a
student leader during her studies at MMC
She had served the Tamil Nadu state BJP unit in various
capacities starting from South Chennai District Medical Wing
Secretary, State General Secretary Medical Wing, All India Co-
Convener (Medical Wing for Southern States), State General
Secretary, State Vice-President and elevated as National
Secretary
She was appointed the Governor of Telangana in 2019 by the
President of India. She was given additional charge
of Puducherry. During the pandemic, she visited healthcare
workers in hospitals and encouraged vaccination.
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