Suba Veerapandian | |
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Chairperson of Social Justice Monitoring Committee of Tamil Nadu | |
Assumed office 22 October 2021 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Services Corporation | |
Assumed office 27 July 2021 | |
General Secretary of Dravida Iyyakka Tamilar Peravai | |
Assumed office 22 January 2007 | |
Preceded by | Post established |
Personal details | |
Born | Karaikudi, Madras State (now in Tamil Nadu), India | 22 April 1952
Spouse |
Vasantha (m. 1973) |
Children | Lenin (b.1974) Indhira (b.1978) Bharatidasan (b.1980) |
Parent(s) | Rama Subbaiah (1908–1997) Visalatchi (d.1987) |
Relatives | S. P. Muthuraman (b.1935) (elder brother) |
Education | M.A., Ph.D. |
Alma mater | University of Madras |
Occupation | Author Social worker |
Awards | 'Iyal Selvam' (2012) (given by Muthamizh Peravai) |
Subbaiah Veerapandian (born 22 April 1952), known popularly as Suba Veerapandian or Subavee, is an Indian political activist, author, orator, former Tamil-language professor and former film artist. Since 2007, he has been serving as the general secretary of the Dravida Iyyakka Tamilar Peravai, a Tamil Nadu-based political organisation that aims to promote Ambedkarite, Dravidian and Marxist ideals in the State and elsewhere.[2]
In 2021, Subavee was appointed to two posts – Member of the Advisory Committee for Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Services Corporation, and as chairperson of the newly constituted Social Justice Monitoring Committee of Tamil Nadu