K. Pandiarajan
| K. Pandiarajan | |
|---|---|
| Minister of School Education, Sports and Youth Welfare (Government of Tamil Nadu) | |
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In office 2016–2017 |
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| Chief Minister |
J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam |
| Preceded by | P. Benjamin |
| Succeeded by | K. A. Sengottaiyan |
| Constituency | Avadi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 April 1959 Villampatti, Sivakasi, India |
| Political party |
 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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| Other political affiliations |
Bharatiya Janata Party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
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| Spouse(s) | Hemalatha |
| Children | Suhaas (son) Sunila (daughter) |
| Residence | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Alma mater |
PSG College of Technology (BE) XLRI Jamshedpur (MBA) |
| Occupation | Businessman, Politician, Spokesperson |
K. Pandiarajan (born 26 April 1959) known as Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan is an Indian businessman and politician. He is the founder of Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd, a human resource management company, and CIEL HR Services, another talent acquisition firm. He contested in the 2011 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election as a Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) candidate and won from his Virdhunagar constituency.Again he contested in the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election as a All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate and won from his Avadi constituency.
Pandiarajan was appointed as Minister for School Education and Sports and Youth Welfare by Jayalalithaa on 29 August 2016. He remained in her cabinet until her death on 5 December 2016. He was immediately sworn into the same office by the new Chief Minister, O. Paneerselvam. He half-heartedly supported the appointment of V. K. Sasikala as General Secretary of AIADMK before deciding to support the Pannerselvam faction when Pannerselvam turned against Sasikala. He was relieved of his ministerial office when Edappadi K. Palanisamy became Chief Minister.
K. Pandiarajan was born on 26 April 1959 in a village near Sivakasi, Virudhunagar district. When Pandiarajan was three months old, he lost his father, a worker in a local match factory. He was brought up by his maternal grandparents.
He finished his schooling from the Sivakasi Hindu Nadar Victoria School, Sivakasi and in 1976, joined PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore for an undergraduate course in Engineering. After earning his BE (Hons) degree, Pandia Rajan enrolled for an MBA programme in Industrial Relations at Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, which he completed in 1984.
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