A. Vetriazhagan is a member of the

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members, all of whom are democratically elected using the first-past-the-post system. The presiding office ...

representing the Villivakkam constituency in the

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. He is the grandson of Perasiriyar

K. Anbazhagan Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan (19 December 1922 – 7 March 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a long-standing leader of the Dravidian movement and was the General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (DMK) for nine terms. He has held ...

who was the finance minister of Tamil Nadu in M. Karunanthi's ministry.

Early life

Born on 11 September 1978, A. Vertiazhagan completed his schooling at Don Bosco,

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and higher secondary at DAV

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. He completed his B.E. Electronics & Communication from

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followed by an MBA from

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Social Contributions

Mr. Vetriazhagan contested the prestigious Senate Constituency of

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to be elected for Pachaiyappas Trust Board and got elected in the year 2009 as Trustee from the

and as Financial Trustee in the Board Member Election. Consecutively, he won the Board Elections and got elected as Financial Trustee for a total period of three terms and served the position of FT (Financial Trustee) from 2009 – 2012. He resigned in the year 2012 from Pachaiyappas Trust Board.

Electoral performance

Offices Held/Holding

* MLA from Villivakkam constituency (from May 2021 to present) on the 16th Assembly of TN * Financial trustee of Pachaiyappa's trust board from 2009 – 2012 * Senate Member of

– presently serving * Founder AV Group * Managing trustee of AV Educational trust

References

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