Peravurani N. Ashokkumar

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Born15 April, 1957
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Social Service
  • Agriculture
Years active1975 - Present
Spouse(s)A. Parimala
Children2 (Karki Ashokkumar and Keerthi Ashokkumar )
Parents
  • V. Narayanasamy (father)
  • N. Jayam (mother)
RelativesN. Elango (Sibling)

S. Sumathi (Sibling) M. Krishnamoorthi Ex.MLA (In-Law)

K. Saraswathi Ammaiyar (In-Law)
N. Ashokkumar
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2021–2026

Peravurani N Ashokkumar formerly known as N.Ashokkumar , is an Indian Tamil Politician, currently elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) in Peravurani (state assembly constituency)[1], Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India. He joined the party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in the year, 1975. N. Ashokkumar has been in social work for past 35 years.[2] His patience, fight against power exploitations and dedication to guide the poor people, illiterates, senior citizens & students made him popular.

Early Life and Family

N. Ashokkumar was born on 15th April 1957 to V. Narayanasamy(father) and N. Jayam(mother) from Veeriyankottai Village, Peravurani Taluk, Thanjavur District and settled in Peravurani Town. As a student, N. Ashok Kumar was a sports enthusiast and had won various medals and awards for various matches. He completed his PUC education in Debritto School, Devakkottai, Tamil Nadu. In his early adulthood, N. Ashokkumar started discovering his interest in working for various social causes.

Later he started a business, Hotel Urani Restaurant & NPS Lodge in Peravurani in 1984, this business brought him huge success for more than 23 years because of the taste and quality of food. He also focused on developing his coconut farms.

His wife Mrs.Parimala Ashokkumar and children, Mr.Karki Ashokkumar and Mr.Keerthi Ashokkumar provided a great support and encouragement for all his contributions, to the people and nation.

Political Career

Ashokkumar[3] is always inclined towards building a better tomorrow for India. He had been doing social work for many poor people on food, shelter, health. That gained popularity among Peravurani people as “People man”. His political career started in 1975 when he joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. Honorable DMK President & Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi and M. K. Stalin, gave him an opportunity for contesting in Peruratchi election for the position of Chairman couple of times (in 2006 & 2011). His phenomenal work, helped him to get elected as Town Chairman (elected as DMK representative) twice in local body election.

In parallel, N. Ashokkumar is the President of Peravurani Red Cross Association for more than 30 years and he was also Instrumental in the Chamber of commerce (Peravurani) for almost Three decades as President and Treasurer even before he stepped in to direct politics. He was instrumental in constructing the Peravurani Chamber of Commerce Association Building. This has been an other way of helping people on business front continuously through various social awareness activities. He was also in the leadership position for Government School's parents and teachers association for more than 20 years.

N. Ashokkumar has always been a philanthropist. He has innumerable times donated and contributed to the local people[4], poor farmers, poor students, scavengers, and helped more than 10000 physically challenged people. He donated lot of food and shelter materials during the tsunami in Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu.

His donations and contributions during Cyclone Gaja made a impression in people mind that Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is the right party for Peravurani (state assembly constituency)i. Based on Honorable Chief minister M. K. Stalin guidance, His continuous help for people in the distribution of food, medications and provisions for shelter, during the global Pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic was well received by people and was highly appreciated by people of Peravurani. His Social media presence through Facebook[5] helped youngsters recognize him as a rightly thought leader.

N. Ashokkumar is a true follower of DMK President Honorable Chief minister M. K. Stalin 's hard work, people management skills, kindness & helping nature were the reasons for him getting elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Peravurani (state assembly constituency)in the 2021 election in Tamil Nadu.

Educationist & Agriculture

As an Educationist, N. Ashokkumar had a vision to give low cost English medium education for the people of Peravurani, so he became a co founder and trustee of Muvendar Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Peravurani since 1985. This school trust has won many awards for its best contributions to all levels of the people.

As an agricultural land owner, N. Ashokkumar owns coconut farms. He found out that manual irrigation doesn’t add value to the coconut trees, therefore he completely automated the water supply with integrated pipe modeling across vast acres of farms which eventually helped him to manage the farms with ease. He has also employed many locals for continuous parallel agriculture works. After seeing N. Ashokkumar's contribution to agriculture, His sons created a NGO to support or consult new ideas of farming inventions, through ZHA Foundation Charitable Trust.

References

  1. "16th Assembly Members". www.assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  2. "Ashok Kumar N(DMK):Constituency- PERAVURANI(THANJAVUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  3. "Ashokkumar N Election Results 2021: News, Votes, Results of Tamil-nadu Assembly". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  4. "Women seek waver of jewel loan". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2021-12-02. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-12-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Peravurani N.Ashokkumar MLA". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-12-04.

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