Twelve members are nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India for a six-year 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 members This is a Current list of Members of the Rajya Sabha who have been nominated by the President.
# Name FieldPartyTerm startTerm end1Meenakshi JainLiterature and EducationNOM13 July 202512 July 20312Sudha MurtySocial work and Education8 March 20247 March 20303Veerendra HeggadeSocial work7 July 20226 July 20284IlaiyaraajaArt7 July 20226 July 20285V. Vijayendra PrasadArt7 July 20226 July 20286P. T. UshaSports7 July 20226 July 20287Harivansh Narayan SinghJournalism10 April 20269 April 20328Ujjwal NikamLaw13 July 202512 July 20319C. Sadanandan MasterSocial work13 July 202512 July 203110Harsh Vardhan ShringlaDiplomacy13 July 202512 July 203111Satnam Singh SandhuEducation30 January 202429 January 203012Ghulam Ali KhatanaSocial work14 September 202213 September 2028
List of members This is a complete list of Members of the Rajya Sabha who have been nominated by the President. Sr. No. Portrait Name Field Start of Term End of Term 1 Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer Law 3 April 1952 3 October 1953 2 Satyendranath Bose Science 3 April 1952 2 July 1959 3 Prithviraj Kapoor Arts 3 April 1952 2 April 1960 4 Jagadisan Mohandas Kumarappa Education 3 April 1952 2 April 1954 5 Kalidas Nag Education 3 April 1952 2 April 1954 6 Rukmini Devi Arundale Arts 3 April 1952 2 April 1962 7 N. R. Malkani Education 3 April 1952 2 April 1962 8 Sahib Singh Sokhey Science 3 April 1952 2 April 1956 9 Zakir Husain Education 3 April 1952 6 July 1957 10 Maithili Sharan Gupt Literature 3 April 1952 2 April 1964 11 Kaka Kalelkar Education 3 April 1952 2 April 1964 12 Radha Kumud Mukherjee Literature 3 April 1952 2 April 1958 13 Pandurang Vaman Kane Law 16 November 1953 11 September 1959 14 Moturi Satyanarayana Social Work 3 April 1954 2 April 1966 15 Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia Education 3 April 1954 2 April 1966 16 Bhargavram Vitthal Warerkar Literature 3 April 1956 23 September 1964 17 Tara Chand Literature 22 August 1957 2 April 1968 18 Ajudhia Nath Khosla Science 3 April 1958 4 October 1959 19 K. M. Panikkar Literature 25 August 1959 22 May 1961 20 Jairamdas Daulatram Law 19 October 1959 2 April 1976 21 Mohanlal Saksena Law 22 November 1959 2 April 1964 22 Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay Literature 3 April 1960 2 April 1966 23 V. T. Krishnamachari Public Affairs 9 June 1961 13 February 1964 24 R. R. Diwakar Literature & Social Work 3 April 1962 2 April 1968 25 Gopal Singh Literature 3 April 1962 2 April 1968 26 M. Ajmal Khan Literature 31 March 1964 18 October 1969 27 Shakuntala Paranjpye Social Work 3 April 1964 2 April 1970 28 Badri Nath Prasad Education 3 April 1964 18 January 1966 29 G. Ramachandran Social Work 3 April 1964 2 April 1970 30 Satyavrata Siddhantalankar Education 25 November 1964 2 April 1968 31 M. N. Kaul Public Affairs 30 March 1966 2 April 1972 32 Harivansh Rai Bachchan Literature 3 April 1966 2 April 1972 33 Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil Economics 3 April 1966 31 August 1967 34 M. C. Setalvad Law 3 April 1966 2 April 1972 35 G. Sankara Kurup Literature 3 April 1968 2 April 1972 36 Joachim Alva Law & Public Affairs 3 April 1968 2 April 1974 37 S. Nurul Hasan Education 3 April 1968 30 September 1971 38 K. Ramiah Science 3 April 1968 2 April 1974 39 Ganga Sharan Sinha Social Work 3 April 1968 2 April 197440Maragatham Chandrasekar Social Work 3 April 1970 2 April 1982 27 September 1982 29 December 1984 41 Umashankar Joshi Literature 3 April 1970 2 April 1976 42 Rasheeduddin Khan Education 3 April 1970 2 April 1982 43 Vidya Prakash Dutt Education 4 December 1971 2 April 1980 44 Abu Abraham Arts 3 April 1972 2 April 1978 45 Pramathanath Bishi Education 3 April 1972 2 April 1978 46 C. K. Daphtary Law 3 April 1972 2 April 1978 47 Habib Tanvir Arts 3 April 1972 2 April 1978 48 Krishna Kripalani Literature 3 April 1974 2 April 1980 49 Lokesh Chandra Literature 3 April 1974 2 April 1986 50 Scato Swu Social Work 3 April 1974 2 April 1986 51 B. N. Banerjee Public Affairs 3 April 1976 2 April 1982 52 Malcolm Adiseshiah Economics 14 April 1978 13 April 1984 53 Fathema Ismail Social Work 14 April 1978 13 April 1984 54 Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav Social Work 14 April 1978 13 April 1984 55 Bhagwati Charan Varma Literature 14 April 1978 5 October 1981 56 Nargis Arts 3 April 1980 3 May 1981 57 Khushwant Singh Journalism 3 April 1980 2 April 198658 Asima Chatterjee Science 18 February 1982 13 April 1984 9 May 1984 8 May 1990 59 Sivaji Ganesan Arts 18 February 1982 2 April 1986 60 Hayatullah Ansari Literature 27 September 1982 26 September 198861 Madan Bhatia Law 27 September 1982 26 September 1988 25 November 1988 24 November 1994 62 V. N. Tiwari Education 27 September 1982 3 April 1984 63 Ghulam Rasool Kar Social Work 9 May 1984 28 December 1987 64 Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy Law & Social Work 9 May 1984 8 May 1990 65 H. L. Kapur Others — Army 3 January 1985 14 November 1985 66 Purushottam Kakodkar Social Work 3 January 1985 2 January 1991 67 Salim Ali Science 4 September 1985 20 June 1987 68 Ela Bhatt Social Work 12 May 1986 26 September 1988 69 Amrita Pritam Literature 12 May 1986 11 May 1992 70 M. F. Husain Arts 12 May 1986 11 May 1992 71 R. K. Narayan Literature 12 May 1986 11 May 1992 72 Ravi Shankar Arts 12 May 1986 11 May 1992 73 Anwara Taimur Public Affairs 25 November 1988 8 May 1990 74 Sat Paul Mittal Social Work 25 November 1988 12 January 1992 75 Bishambhar Nath Pande 25 November 1988 24 November 1994 76 Mohammad Yunus Public Affairs 15 June 1989 14 June 1995 77 Jagmohan Public Affairs 28 May 1990 9 May 1996 78 Prakash Ambedkar Law & Social Work 18 September 1990 17 September 1996 79 Bhupinder Singh Mann Others — Agriculture 18 September 1990 17 September 1996 80 Russi Karanjia Journalism 11 January 1991 10 January 1997 81 Mahendra Prasad Public Affairs 27 August 1993 24 November 1994 82 M. Aram Education 27 August 1993 24 May 1997 83 Vyjayantimala Arts 27 August 1993 26 August 1999 84 B. B. Dutta Education 27 August 1993 26 August 1999 85 Habibur Rahman Nomani Social Work 27 August 1993 26 August 1999 86 Nirmala Deshpande Social Work 27 August 1997 26 August 1999 24 June 2004 1 May 2008 87 Shabana Azmi Arts 27 August 1997 26 August 2003 88 P. Selvie Das Education 27 August 1997 26 August 2003 89 Kartar Singh Duggal Literature 27 August 1997 26 August 2003 90 Kuldip Nayyar Journalism 27 August 1997 26 August 2003 91 Raja Ramanna Science 27 August 1997 26 August 2003 92 C. Narayana Reddy Literature 27 August 1997 26 August 2003 93 Mrinal Sen Arts 27 August 1997 26 August 2003 94 Harmohan Singh Yadav Social Work 27 August 1997 26 August 2003 95 Nanaji Deshmukh Social Work 22 November 1999 21 November 2005 96 Lata Mangeshkar Arts 22 November 1999 21 November 2005 97 Fali Sam Nariman Law 22 November 1999 21 November 2005 98 Cho Ramaswamy Journalism 22 November 1999 21 November 2005 99 Hema Malini Arts 27 August 2003 26 August 2009 100 Bimal Jalan Economics 27 August 2003 26 August 2009 101 K. Kasturirangan Science 27 August 2003 8 July 2009 102 Narayan Singh Manaklao Social Work 27 August 2003 26 August 2009 103 Vidya Niwas Misra Education 27 August 2003 14 February 2005 104 Chandan Mitra Journalism 27 August 2003 26 August 2009 105 Dara Singh Arts 27 August 2003 26 August 2009106 Kapila Vatsyayan Education 16 February 2006 24 March 2006 10 April 2007 15 February 2012 107 Shobhana Bhartia Literature 16 February 2006 15 February 2012 108 Shyam Benegal Arts 16 February 2006 15 February 2012 109 Ram Jethmalani Law 10 April 2006 26 August 2009 110 M. S. Swaminathan Science 10 April 2007 9 April 2013 111 C. Rangarajan Economics 9 August 2008 10 August 2009 112 H. K. Dua Journalism 18 November 2009 17 November 2015 113 Ashok Sekhar Ganguly Others 18 November 2009 17 November 2015 114 Mani Shankar Aiyar Public Affairs 22 March 2010 21 March 2016 115 Javed Akhtar Literature 22 March 2010 21 March 2016 116 B. Jayashree Arts 22 March 2010 21 March 2016 117 Ram Dayal Munda Others — Agriculture 22 March 2010 30 September 2011 118 Bhalchandra Mungekar Economics 22 March 2010 21 March 2016 119 Anu Aga Social Work 27 April 2012 26 April 2018 120 Rekha Arts 27 April 2012 26 April 2018 121 Sachin Tendulkar Sports 27 April 2012 26 April 2018 122 Mrinal Miri Education 29 June 2012 21 March 2016 123 K. Parasaran Law 29 June 2012 28 June 2018 124 K. T. S. Tulsi Law 25 February 2014 24 February 2020 125 Navjot Singh Sidhu Public Affairs 25 April 2016 18 July 2016 126 Pranav Pandya 4 May 2016 11 May 2016127Narendra Jadhav Economics25 April 2016 24 April 2022128 Swapan Dasgupta Literature 25 April 2016 16 March 2021 02 June 2021 24 April 2022 129 Mary Kom Sports 25 April 2016 24 April 2022130 Suresh Gopi Arts 25 April 2016 24 April 2022131 Subramanian Swamy Public Affairs 25 April 2016 24 April 2022132 Sambhaji Raje 13 June 2016 03 May 2022133 Roopa Ganguly Arts 04 October 2016 24 April 2022134 Raghunath Mohapatra Arts 14 July 2018 9 May 2021135 Sonal Mansingh Arts 14 July 2018 23 July 2024136 Ram Shakal Public Affairs 14 July 2018 23 July 2024137 Rakesh Sinha Literature 14 July 2018 23 July 2024138 Ranjan Gogoi Law 19 March 2020 18 March 2026139 Mahesh Jethmalani Law 02 June 2021 13 July 2024140 P. T. Usha Sports 7 July 2022 6 July 2028141 Veerendra Heggade Social Work 7 July 2022 6 July 2028142 Ilaiyaraaja Arts 7 July 2022 6 July 2028143 K. V. Vijayendra Prasad Arts 7 July 2022 6 July 2028144 Ghulam Ali Khatana Social Work 10 September 2022 9 September 2028145 Satnam Singh Sandhu Education 31 January 2024 30 January 2030146 Sudha Murty Social Work & Education 8 March 2024 7 March 2030147 Ujjwal Nikam Law13 July 202512 July 2031148 C. Sadanandan Master Social Work13 July 202512 July 2031149 Harsh Vardhan Shringla Diplomacy13 July 202512 July 2031150 Meenakshi Jain Literature13 July 202512 July 2031151 Harivansh Narayan Singh Journalism10 April 20269 April 2032
References
External links Nominated Members since 1952 Narender Kumar Current list of Nominated Members Newly Appointed Members on July 14, 2018