S. D. Somasundaram

He was first elected to parliament from the Thanjavur Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu in 1967 after defeating R. Venkataraman of the Indian National Congress, the former president of India.

He was considered by the AIADMK middle- and lower-level workers as a simple man who connected with them and was also known as an honest politician.

Later, he quickly folded his new party due to a lack of mass appeal and returned to the AIADMK to be in J. Jayalalitha's camp and served as revenue minister from 1991 to 1996.

Somasundaram was in charge of conducting the 8th Tamil World Conference at Thanjavur during his tenure as the revenue minister.

Somasundaram is a former member of parliament and revenue minister of the government of Tamil Nadu.

The rational thoughts of Thanthai Periyar and the reformative orations of leader Perarignar Anna inspired S.D.S., who joined their "self-respect movement" at an early age and committed to following them in their efforts to eradicate untouchability, improve the wellbeing of the downtrodden, and promote equality among people of various educational and economic groups in society, aiming for harmony among the Dravidian people.

When Thanthai Periyar undertook the leadership of "Dravidar Kazhagam" in 1944, S.D.S., as a high school student, stood to form "Orathanadu Manavar Dravidar Kazhagam," attending in a black shirt and recruiting other students into the 'self-respect movement'.

successfully conducted fourteen state DMMK conferences, which sowed anti-Hindi agitation into the young student community.

To have the weekly magazine released, students of Annamalai University, under the leadership of S.D.S., contributed 10,000 rupees to "Perarignar Anna."

Seeing her husband's national outlook, Sakunthala Ammal also gave away all her wedding gifts and money for the war fund.

When the federation needed financial support, it approached S.D.S.. As a government servant, he could not spare money; hence he gave the jewels of his wife, Ms. Sakunthala Ammal, for the success of that language war.

With the large support of the people, Puratchi Thalaivar MGR launched his political outfit "Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK)" on October 17, 1972, which is now called "All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)."

has worked his heart out to fight against the DMK, which was in power at the time, bearing a name for corruption.

He donated his wealth and belongings to people's wellness and to funding the Tamil Nadu government.

He took confidence in the propaganda secretary of AIADMK, SD Somasundaram, and made him the organizing head person of the election campaign.

ADMK won the elections and got political acceptance from the people of Tamil Nadu.

as the "honest and clean minister who adds revenue only to the government and not a penny for himself in the Tamil Nadu assembly".

to regain the popularity of the split AIADMK impressed Puratchi Thalaivi Amma, and she was given the second position at the party level.

toiled to fight and won the elections in 1991 under the superlative leadership of Puratchi Thalaivi Amma.

The dedicated efforts towards the betterment of AIADMK and the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu gave S.D.S.

The party contested the general election for Parliament and the Tamil Nadu assembly in 1984 but could not win a single seat.

regrouped the party and took a massive demonstration and rail roko at Madurai in support of “Tamil EELAM," for which S.D.S.

took up a large procession at “Anna Saalai“ in Chennai and submitted a memorandum to “The Governor" of Tamil Nadu.

Charitable Trust is dedicated to supporting the weaker sections of society with a holistic, sustainable, and diversified approach.

Somasundaram B.E., former Revenue Minister of the Government of Tamil Nadu and Member of Parliament, who devoted his life to helping the needy.

During his tenure as minister of Tamil Nadu, he brought about many reforms in the government machinery for the betterment of the community.

So far, the trust has contributed to the Prime Minister's and Chief Minister's relief funds during natural disasters as needed, provided support for students' education, conducted free coaching classes to help students excel in scholarship exams, offered free computer and English skill development courses during summer and winter vacations, and provided monetary support to top performers.