Dayanidhi Maran

Dayanidhi Maran
Union Minister of Textiles Dayanidhi Maran addressing an Interactive Session of CII, in Mumbai in 2010
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by	S. R. Vijayakumar
Constituency	Chennai Central
In office June 2004 – May 2014
Preceded by	Murasoli Maran
Succeeded by	S. R. Vijayakumar
Constituency	Chennai Central
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
In office 22 May 2004 – 16 May 2007
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Arun Shourie
Succeeded by	A. Raja
Minister of Textiles
In office 28 May 2009 – 12 July 2011
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Shankersinh Vaghela
Succeeded by	Anand Sharma
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-05) 5 December 1966 (age 57) Kumbakonam, Madras State, India (now in Tamil Nadu, India)
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Priya Maran
Children	2
Alma mater	Loyola College, Chennai
Website	www.dmaran.in
As of 22 September, 2006 Source: [1]

Dayanidhi Murasoli Maran (born 5 December 1966) is an Indian politician and one of the prominent members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was elected four times as a Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha from Chennai Central constituency during the 2004 general elections, 2009 general elections, 2019 general elections and 2024 elections.

He is the son of former Union Minister Murasoli Maran and the grandnephew of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and former DMK president M. Karunanidhi. He is the younger brother of Indian billionaire Kalanithi Maran, the founder, chairman and of Sun Group and of Sun Risers Hyderabad. He is married to Priya, and has a daughter and a son.

Maran has wide exposure in the fields of media, television, cable technology, political economy and management and has been a delegate at many international seminars and conferences in various countries.