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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He has a doctorate in disaster management, he also has a bachelor of Law degree and master of business administration degree.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He has a doctorate in disaster management, he also has a bachelor of Law degree and master of business administration degree.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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| name = Rangasamy Velu&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1940|7|26|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place =Pudhupalayam village [[Arani, Tiruvannamalai District|Arni]] taluk, [[Thiruvannamalai district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence =[[Chennai]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date =&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place =&lt;br /&gt;
| office = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Former Union Minister of State for Railways]]&lt;br /&gt;
| constituency = [[Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arakkonam]]&lt;br /&gt;
| term = 2004-2009&lt;br /&gt;
| predecessor =&lt;br /&gt;
| successor = [[K. H. Muniyappa]]&lt;br /&gt;
| party =[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] &lt;br /&gt;
| spouse =  V.Malliga (75)&lt;br /&gt;
| children = 1 son and 1 daughter.&lt;br /&gt;
| relatives = [[C.Srinivasan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| website =  &lt;br /&gt;
| footnotes = &lt;br /&gt;
| date = 22 September |&lt;br /&gt;
| year = 2006 |&lt;br /&gt;
| source = http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4122&amp;amp;lastls=14&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rangasamy Velu&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 25 July 1940), is an Indian politician of the [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] (PMK) party. He has been elected to [[14th Lok Sabha]] as Union Minister of State, Railways from [[Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;parl&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4122&amp;amp;lastls=14|title=Fourteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile|publisher=Parliament of India|accessdate=30 March 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; from 2004 to 2009. He started his political career as Officer of Indian Administrative Service and worked as Additional Registrar, Cooperative Societies; also served as member, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. He also worked as District Collector; Director of Municipal Administration and Joint Commissioner, Revenue Administration.&lt;br /&gt;
He has a doctorate in disaster management, he also has a bachelor of Law degree and master of business administration degree.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.in.com/rangasamy-velu/biography-374.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408195237/http://www.in.com/rangasamy-velu/biography-374.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-04-08|title=Celebrity Photo Gallery, Celebrity Wallpapers, Celebrity Videos, Bio, News, Songs, Movies|website=in.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was educated in the [[Voorhees college]] [[Vellore]], Madras Law College, [[Madras University]] and [[Madras Christian College]] and was a resident of [[Bishop Heber Hall]]. He has published his autobiography in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] named ‘en vazhkai payanam’. He is from [[Vanniyar]] community.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Current Life==&lt;br /&gt;
Shri Velu now is a retired [[IAS officer]]. He is still active in politics in the [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]].&lt;br /&gt;
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