Mano Thangaraj

Mano Thangaraj is an Indian politician from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Since May 2016, he has been representing Padmanabhapuram constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He is also the incumbent Minister of Milk and Dairy Development of Tamil Nadu.

Early life and education
He was born on 1 June 1967 to Thangaraj from Karungal in Kanyakumari district. He did his schooling at LMS School, Palliyadi and studied at Nesamony Memorial Christian College (NMCC) (in Marthandam, Kanyakumari), where he was the students union chairman. This period marked his interest in politics. He obtained an MA in English literature from Annamalai University in May 1997.

Activism
In 1988, he protested against drawing water from the Pechiparai Reservoir for the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP).

Civic Body Member (1996-2006)
He served as the district panchayat chairman from 1996 to 2006.

GITEX 2022
He participated in GITEX 2022 at Dubai as a representative of Ministry for Information Technology & Digital Services. India for Government of Tamil Nadu. He met lot of founders, CEOs, top leadership of Indian Startups at GITEX, Dubai, during “Meet Indian Startups” event organised by the Consulate General of India, Dubai On 12 October 2022.

Philanthropy
He owns the Good Vision Charitable Trust which was working on women, children and sanitation related issues.