Padmanaaban Venkataramanan (born 1978) is the Treasurer of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam and is a practicing Advocate in Law Association of Saidapet, Tamil Nadu. He is a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Mylapore Assembly constituency in Chennai district. He was appointed as the minister for food and civil supplies of Tamil Nadu in the C. Joseph Vijay ministry.
Early life and education Venkataramanan is from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is the son of Padmanaaban. He graduated with an M.Com at Annamalai University, an LLB at Bangalore University and an MBA at Periyar University. His wife is a trustee of the Sai Vijay Charitable Trust.
Political career Venkataramanan has been the Treasurer of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, a party found in 2024 by Joseph Vijay.
According to an interview with The New Indian Express, he characterized TVK as representing a “politics of change” for the people of Tamil Nadu and expressed views that anti-Brahminism is an outdated ideology, arguing that Brahminism — understood as any system of domination and discrimination — no longer exists in contemporary society given the awareness and education of today’s youth.
He became an MLA for the first time winning the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election from Mylapore Assembly constituency representing Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. He won with 70,070 votes, defeating incumbent Dha. Velu of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, by a margin of 28,972 votes.
Electoral performance
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