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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =File:The Union Minister of Textiles, Shri Dayanidhi Maran addressing an Interactive Session of CII, in Mumbai on February 16, 2010.jpg
| name = Dayanidhi Maran
| caption = Union Minister of Textiles Dayanidhi Maran addressing an Interactive Session of CII, in Mumbai in 2010
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1966|12|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kumbakonam]], [[Thanjavur district]] , [[Madras State]] (now [[Tamil Nadu]] [[India]])
| death_date =
| death_place =
| term_start2= 23 May 2019
| term_end2=
| term_start3= June 2004
| term_end3= May 2014
| parliament2 = Indian
| constituency_MP2 = [[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central]]
| predecessor3 = [[Murasoli Maran]]
| successor3 = S. R. Vijayakumar
| office = [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology]]
| term_start = 22 May 2004
| term_end = 16 May 2007
| predecessor = [[Arun Shourie]]
| successor = [[A. Raja]]
| primeminister= [[Manmohan Singh]]
| party =[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| spouse = Priya Maran
| children = Karan Maran, Divya Maran
| alma_mater = [[Loyola College, Chennai]]
| website =www.dmaran.in
| footnotes =
| date = 22 September |
| year = 2006 |
| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4144
}}

'''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 thrice as a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] to [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central constituency]] during the 2004 general elections, 2009 general elections & 2019 general elections.

He is the son of former Union Minister [[Murasoli Maran]] and the [[Cousin chart|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]]. 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.

==Early life==
[[File:Karunanithi family.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Karunanidhi family tree]]
Dayanidhi is the second son of ex-minister [[Murasoli Maran]], who had been the Commerce and Industrial minister. He is also the [[Cousin chart|grandnephew]] of DMK president and ex-chief minister of Tamil Nadu [[M Karunanidhi]]. He is the younger brother of [[Kalanidhi Maran]], the founder and managing director of [[Sun Network]]. He had his schooling with [[Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School|Don Bosco, Egmore]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/don-bosco-alumni-regale-students-with-school-tales/articleshow/5428971.cms | title=Don Bosco alumni regale students with school tales | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=10 January 2010 | access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2010/jan/10/bosco-boys-keep-a-date-with-nostalgia-159374.html | title=Bosco boys keep a date with nostalgia | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=10 January 2010 | access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref> Chennai. He received initial education in Tamil Nadu and graduated in Economics from [[Loyola College, Chennai|Loyola College]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2010/aug/28/loyola-world-alumni-congress-begins-on-saturday-181799.html | title=Loyola World Alumni Congress begins on Saturday | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=28 August 2010 | access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref> in Chennai. He also attended the "Owner /President Management Programme" (OPM) from [[Harvard Business School]] (USA).<ref name="PMO">{{cite web|url=http://dmaran.nic.in/profile.htm |title=Dayanidhi Maran profile |date=13 May 2007 |publisher=National Informatics Centre |access-date=10 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725034537/http://dmaran.nic.in/profile.htm |archive-date=25 July 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> The Owner/President Management Programme is meant for business owners/founders.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Owner/President Management - Leadership - Programs - Executive Education - Harvard Business School|url=https://www.exed.hbs.edu/owner-president-management/|access-date=2021-03-17|website=HBS Executive Education}}</ref>
Dayanidhi is married to Priya of "The Hindu" family. Priya is the daughter of Ramesh Rangarajan, Director Kasturi & Sons<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-06-13|title=The Marans: Dravida family's Brahmin side|url=https://currentnews.in/dravida-familys-brahmin-side/|access-date=2021-03-17|website=CurrentNews|language=en-US}}</ref> and the pair have a daughter named Divya and a son named Karan.

==Tenure as an MP and Union minister==
[[File:Shri Dayanidhi Maran assumes the charge of Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology in New Delhi on May 26, 2004.jpg|thumb|Dayanidhi Maran assumes the charge of Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology in New Delhi on May 26, 2004|left]]

He contested from Central Chennai Constituency in Tamil Nadu as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] party candidate and been elected thrice during the 2004, 2009 & 2019 elections as member of parliament.

During the 2004 elections, his winning margin was over {{formatnum:134000}} votes and he received 62% of the total votes polled.<ref name="PMO" /> He was appointed Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology on 26 May 2004. During his tenure as IT and Telecommunication Minister the call rates of mobiles and landlines were drastically reduced which in-turn influenced the growth of subscriptions.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/why-india-inc-finds-hard-to-wish-maran-goodbye/40600-7.html?xml | title=Why India Inc loves Dayanidhi? | date=13 May 2007 | work=Ibn Live|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> During the tenure, he was instrumental in garnering a large amount of Foreign Direct Investments into Communication and Information Technology Sector. Many multinational telecom companies including [[Nokia]], [[Motorola]], [[Ericsson]], [[Flextronics]] and [[Dell]] set up units in the country. His ministry introduced "One Rupee One India" plan across the country, which enabled calls across the country at a rate of 1 {{INR}} per minute. His ministry set and achieved a target of 250 million connections in Dec 2007 to December 2010, against 75 million in May 2004.<ref name="NIC">{{cite web|title=Detailed Profile: Thiru Dayanidhi Maran|url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4144|publisher=National Informatics Centre|year=2005|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref><ref>[[#Hiscock|Hiscock]] 2007, p. 78</ref><ref name="V265">[[#Vaasanthi|Vaasanthi]], pp. 265–6</ref>

During the 2009 elections he won by a margin of 33,454 votes and he received 46.82% of the total votes polled. He was appointed Union Minister for Textiles, and was instrumental in shielding and steering the Indian Textile Industry to safe waters during the Global recession. His policies and initiatives helped boost exports and gave a fresh breath of air to a legacy industry distraught with demand & supply woes. He initiated several infrastructural and developmental programmes to build skill and upgrade technology for the textile industry and helped take Indian products to unexplored foreign markets in East & South Asia with his "Look East" policy. He also ensured that several thousands of rural & marginalised artisans & weavers got access to better healthcare and insurance facilities and ensured that the ministry promoted research and development in all segments of the industry including handlooms and handicrafts and created a common technology platform on commercial basis to support adaptation of newer technology for value addition and product diversification. He expanded the coverage of Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme, Expanded Scheme of Integrated Textile Parks and constituted work groups for national fiber policy. He created a platform for E-Marketing of handloom and handicrafts and accelerated the revival and modernisation of National Textile Corporation mills. He upgraded the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel institute of textile management into an Indian School of textile management and business. This provided for more quality human resources in the form of research, industrial engineers, product development managers and trainers.{{cn|date=December 2020}}

During the [http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS224.htm?ac=4 2019 Lok Sabha Elections], he once again contested from the Chennai Central Parliamentary Constituency, winning it for the 3rd time, polling a stunning 4,48,911 votes and defeated the other contestants with a record-breaking victory margin of 3,01,520 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS224.htm?ac=4|title=Results of Chennai Central PC in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections}}</ref>

===Elections contested===

{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!width=50|Year
!width=100|Constituency
!width=70|Result
!width=70|Vote percentage
!width=150|Opposition Candidate
!width=70|Opposition Party
!width=70|Opposition vote percentage
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]||[[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central]] ||Won|| 61.68||N. Balaganga||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]||35.52<ref name="LS2004">{{cite web|title=Statistical report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|page=281|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]||[[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central]] ||Won|| 46.82||S.M.K. Mohamad Ali Jinnah||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]||41.34<ref name="LS2009">{{cite web|title=Statistical report on General elections, 2009 to the 14th Lok Sabha |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |page=124 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=10 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=FFA07A|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]||[[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central]] ||Lost|| 36.4||S. R. Vijayakumar||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]||42.21<ref name="LS2014">{{cite web|title=Statistical report on General elections, 2014 to the 16th Lok Sabha |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS224.htm?ac=4 |year=2014 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=31 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529172314/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS224.htm?ac=4 |archive-date=29 May 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central]]
|Won
|57.15
|S. R. Sam paul
|PMK
|18.77
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{refbegin}}
*{{Citation |last=Outlook|title=Outlook, volume XLVIII, No. 28 |date=15 Oct 2008|publisher=Outlook|location=Delhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzEEAAAAMBAJ&q=azhagiri+vs+stalin&pg=PA21|ref=Outlook1}}
*{{Citation |last=Outlook|title=Outlook, volume XLVIII, No. 51 |date=22 Dec 2008|publisher=Outlook|location=Delhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TDEEAAAAMBAJ&q=azhagiri+vs+stalin&pg=PA23|ref=Outlook2}}
* {{cite book|title=India's Global Wealth Club: The Stunning Rise of Its Billionaires and Their Secrets of Success|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|first=Geoff|last=Hiscock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiLBD_IpgIkC&q=dayanidhi+maran&pg=PA172|ref=Hiscock|isbn=9780470822388|year=2007}}
* {{cite book|title=Cut-outs, Caste and Cines Stars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ldacEfF58EC&q=dayanidhi+maran&pg=PA265|last=Vaasanthi|ref=Vaasanthi|publisher=Penguin Books India|year=2008|isbn=9780143063124}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.qrz.com/database?callsign=VU2DMK QRZ Ham Radio Callsign Database – VU2DMK]
*[http://www.niar.org National Institute of Amateur Radio]
*[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4144 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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