P. Geetha Jeevan Nadar is the current minister of social welfare in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. She was born in Thoothukudi

Thoothukudi

Thoothukudi , also known as Tuticorin, is a port city and a Municipal Corporation in Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukudi is the headquarters of Thoothukudi District....

 in 6 May 1970. She holds a master degree in commerce

Commerce

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. She is a correspondent of Geetha Matric higher secondar school, Thoothukudi

Thoothukudi

Thoothukudi , also known as Tuticorin, is a port city and a Municipal Corporation in Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukudi is the headquarters of Thoothukudi District....

. She is the daughter of the former Thoothukudi

Tuticorin (State Assembly Constituency)

Tuticorin is an assembly constituency located in Tuticorin Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu. Before 2009 Genral elections, Tuticorin assembly constituency was part of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency- Madras State assembly:- Tamil Nadu assembly:...

 MLA N. Periasamy

N. Periasamy

N. Periasamy is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Tuticorin constituency in 1989 and 1996 elections.- References :...

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Political career

She was a member and chairperson of Tutucorin district panchayat between the years 1996-2006. She defeated Danielraj from ADMK with about 15000 votes in Thoothukudi

Tuticorin (State Assembly Constituency)

Tuticorin is an assembly constituency located in Tuticorin Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu. Before 2009 Genral elections, Tuticorin assembly constituency was part of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency- Madras State assembly:- Tamil Nadu assembly:...

 constituency to become member of the assembly. Social welfare ministry portfolio was handed over to her when Poongothai Aladi Aruna

Poongothai Aladi Aruna

Poongothai Aladi Aruna is an Indian politician and former Information and Technology minister of Tamil Nadu under DMK ruling in 2006-2011. In 2011 Tamil Nadu assembly election she contested from Alangulam however in a low margin she lost to P. G. Rajendran of AIADMK.- Personal life :She is the...

was implicated in a telephone controversy.