List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha


Twelve members are nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India for six-years term for their contributions towards arts, literature, sciences, and social services. This right has been bestowed upon the President according to the Fourth Schedule (Articles 4(1) and 80(2)) of the Constitution of India.

Current membersEdit

This is a Current list of Members of the Rajya Sabha who have been nominated by the President.

No. Image Name[1] Field Affiliation [2] Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
1   Mahesh Jethmalani Law Bharatiya Janata Party 02-Jun-2021 13-Jul-2024
2   Sonal Mansingh Art Bharatiya Janata Party 14-Jul-2018 13-Jul-2024
3 Ram Shakal Social work Bharatiya Janata Party 14-Jul-2018 13-Jul-2024
4   Rakesh Sinha Literature Bharatiya Janata Party 14-Jul-2018 13-Jul-2024
5   Roopa Ganguly Art Bharatiya Janata Party 04-Oct-2016 24-Apr-2022
6   Swapan Dasgupta Journalism Bharatiya Janata Party 02-Jun-2021 24-Apr-2022
7 Sambhaji Raje Social work Bharatiya Janata Party 13-Jun-2016 03-May-2022
8   Suresh Gopi Art Bharatiya Janata Party 25-Apr-2016 24-Apr-2022
9   Subramanian Swamy Economics Bharatiya Janata Party 25-Apr-2016 24-Apr-2022
10   Ranjan Gogoi Law  – 19-Mar-2020 18-Mar-2026
11   Mary Kom Sport  – 25-Apr-2016 24-Apr-2022

Past membersEdit

This is a Complete list of Members of the Rajya Sabha who have been nominated by the President.

Sr. No. Image Name Start of Term End of Term
1   Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer 03 April 1952 03 October 1953
2   Satyendranath Bose 03 April 1952 02 July 1959
3   Prithviraj Kapoor 03 April 1952 02 April 1960
4  – Jagadisan Mohandas Kumarappa 03 April 1952 02 April 1954
5  – Kalidas Nag 03 April 1952 02 April 1954
6   Rukmini Devi Arundale 03 April 1952 02 April 1962
7  – N. R. Malkani 03 April 1952 02 April 1962
8  – Sahib Singh Sokhey 03 April 1952 02 April 1956
9   Zakir Husain 03 April 1952 06 July 1957
10   Maithili Sharan Gupt 03 April 1952 02 April 1964
11   Kaka Kalelkar 03 April 1952 02 April 1964
12  – Radha Kumud Mukherjee 03 April 1952 02 April 1958
13 File:PV Kane.jpg Pandurang Vaman Kane 16 November 1953 11 September 1959
14  – Moturi Satyanarayana 03 April 1954 02 April 1966
15  – Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia 03 April 1954 02 April 1966
16  – Bhargavram Vitthal Warerkar 03 April 1956 23 September 1964
17  – Tara Chand 22 August 1957 02 April 1968
18  – Ajudhia Nath Khosla 03 April 1958 04 October 1959
19  – K. M. Panikkar 25 August 1959 22 May 1961
20  – Jairamdas Daulatram 19 October 1959 02 April 1976
21  – Mohanlal Saksena 22 November 1959 02 April 1964
22  – Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay 03 April 1960 02 April 1966
23  – V. T. Krishnamachari 09 June 1961 13 February 1964
24  – R. R. Diwakar 03 April 1962 02 April 1968
25  – Gopal Singh 03 April 1962 02 April 1968
26  – M. Ajmal Khan 31 March 1964 18 October 1969
27   Shakuntala Paranjpye 03 April 1964 02 April 1970
28  – Badri Nath Prasad 03 April 1964 18 January 1966
29  – G. Ramachandran 03 April 1964 02 April 1970
30  – Satyavrata Siddhantalankar 25 November 1964 02 April 1968
31  – M. N. Kaul 30 March 1966 02 April 1972
32  – Harivansh Rai Bachchan 03 April 1966 02 April 1972
33  – Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil 03 April 1966 31 August 1967
34  – M. C. Setalvad 03 April 1966 02 April 1972
35   G. Sankara Kurup 03 April 1968 02 April 1972
36   Joachim Alva 03 April 1968 02 April 1974
37   S. Nurul Hasan 03 April 1968 30 September 1971
38  – K. Ramiah 03 April 1968 02 April 1974
39  – Ganga Sharan Sinha 03 April 1968 02 April 1974
40  – Maragatham Chandrasekar 03 April 1970 02 April 1982
27 September 1982 29 December 1984
41  – Umashankar Joshi 03 April 1970 02 April 1976
42  – Rasheeduddin Khan 03 April 1970 02 April 1982
43  – Vidya Prakash Dutt 04 December 1971 02 April 1980
44  – Abu Abraham 03 April 1972 02 April 1978
45  – Pramathanath Bishi 03 April 1972 02 April 1978
46  – C. K. Daphtary 03 April 1972 02 April 1978
47  – Habib Tanvir 03 April 1972 02 April 1978
48  – Krishna Kriplani 03 April 1974 02 April 1980
49   Lokesh Chandra 03 April 1974 02 April 1986
50  – Scato Swu 03 April 1974 02 April 1986
51  – B. N. Banerjee 03 April 1976 02 April 1982
52   Malcolm Adiseshiah 14 April 1978 13 April 1984
53  – Fathema Ismail 14 April 1978 13 April 1984
54  – Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav 14 April 1978 13 April 1984
55  – Bhagwati Charan Varma 14 April 1978 05 October 1981
56 File:Nargis in Awaara film.jpg Nargis 03 April 1980 03 May 1981
57   Khushwant Singh 03 April 1980 02 April 1986
58 - Asima Chatterjee 13 April 1984
09 May 1984 08 May 1990
59   Sivaji Ganesan 18 February 1982 02 April 1986
60  – Hayatullah Ansari 27 September 1982 26 September 1988
61  – Madan Bhatia 27 September 1982 26 September 1988
25 November 1988 24 November 1994
62  – V. N. Tiwari 27 September 1982 03 April 1984
63  – Ghulam Rasool Kar 09 May 1984 28 December 1987
64  – Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy 09 May 1984 08 May 1990
65  – H. L. Kapur 03 January 1985 14 November 1985
66  – Purushottam Kakodkar 03 January 1985 02 January 1991
67   Salim Ali 04 September 1985 20 June 1987
68   Ela Bhatt 12 May 1986 26 September 1988
69   Amrita Pritam 12 May 1986 11 May 1992
70   M. F. Husain 12 May 1986 11 May 1992
71   R. K. Narayan 12 May 1986 11 May 1992
72   Ravi Shankar 12 May 1986 11 May 1992
73 Anwara Taimur November 1988 08 May 1990
74  – Sat Paul Mittal 25 November 1988 12 January 1992
75  – Bishambhar Nath Pande 25 November 1988 24 November 1994
76   Mohammad Yunus 15 June 1989 14 June 1995
77   Jagmohan 28 May 1990 09 May 1996
78 Prakash Ambedkar 18 September 1990 17 September 1996
79  – Bhupinder Singh Mann 18 September 1990 17 September 1996
80  – Russi Karanjia 11 January 1991 10 January 1997
81   Mahendra Prasad 27 August 1993 24 November 1994
82  – M. Aram 27 August 1993 24 May 1997
83   Vyjayantimala 27 August 1993 26 August 1999
84  – B. B. Dutta 27 August 1993 26 August 1999
85  – Habibur Rahman Nomani 27 August 1993 26 August 1999
86   Nirmala Deshpande 27 August 1997 26 August 1999
24 June 2004 01 May 2008
87   Shabana Azmi 27 August 1997 26 August 2003
88  – P. Selvie Das 27 August 1997 26 August 2003
89 Kartar Singh Duggal 27 August 1997 26 August 2003
90   Kuldip Nayyar 27 August 1997 26 August 2003
91 Raja Ramanna 27 August 1997 26 August 2003
92   C. Narayana Reddy 27 August 1997 26 August 2003
93   Mrinal Sen 27 August 1997 26 August 2003
94   Harmohan Singh Yadav 27 August 1997 26 August 2003
95   Nanaji Deshmukh 22 November 1999 21 November 2005
96   Lata Mangeshkar 22 November 1999 21 November 2005
97   Fali Sam Nariman 22 November 1999 21 November 2005
98  – Cho Ramaswamy 22 November 1999 21 November 2005
99   Hema Malini 27 August 2003 26 August 2009
100   Bimal Jalan 27 August 2003 26 August 2009
101   K. Kasturirangan 27 August 2003 08 July 2009
102  – Narayan Singh Manaklao 27 August 2003 26 August 2009
103   Vidya Niwas Misra 27 August 2003 14 February 2005
104  – Chandan Mitra 27 August 2003 26 August 2009
105   Dara Singh 27 August 2003 26 August 2009
106   Kapila Vatsyayan 16 February 2006 24 March 2006
10 April 2007 15 February 2012
107   Shobhana Bhartia 16 February 2006 15 February 2012
108   Shyam Benegal 16 February 2006 15 February 2012
109   Ram Jethmalani 10 April 2006 26 August 2009
110   M. S. Swaminathan 10 April 2007 09 April 2013
111   C. Rangarajan 09 August 2008 10 August 2009
112  – H. K. Dua 18 November 2009 17 November 2015
113  – Ashok Sekhar Ganguly 18 November 2009 17 November 2015
114   Mani Shankar Aiyar 22 March 2010 21 March 2016
115   Javed Akhtar 22 March 2010 21 March 2016
116   B. Jayashree 22 March 2010 21 March 2016
117   Ram Dayal Munda 22 March 2010 30 September 2011
118   Bhalchandra Mungekar 22 March 2010 21 March 2016
119   Anu Aga 27 April 2012 26 April 2018
120   Rekha 27 April 2012 26 April 2018
121   Sachin Tendulkar 27 April 2012 26 April 2018
122  – Mrinal Miri 29 June 2012 21 March 2016
123  – K. Parasaran 29 June 2012 28 June 2018
124  – K. T. S. Tulsi 25 February 2014 24 February 2020
125   Navjot Singh Sidhu 25 April 2016 18 July 2016
126 Pranav Pandya 04 May 2016 11 May 2016
127   Swapan Dasgupta 25 April 2016 16 March 2021
128   Raghunath Mohapatra 14 July 2018 9 May 2021

ReferencesEdit

  1. "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. "STRENGTHWISE PARTY POSITION IN THE RAJYA SABHA". rajyasabha.nic.in. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

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