K. Ponmudi (born Deivasigamani K, 19 August 1950) is an Indian Tamil politician and the current Minister for Higher Education of Tamil Nadu. He was the Minister for Higher Education of

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from 2006 to 2011. He was born in T. Edaiyar in the Villupuram district. He has a bachelor's degree in law, a master's degree in history, political science and public Administration and a doctorate in political science. He is an alumnus of

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. Before entering professional politics, he was a professor in the Villupuram government college. He has been elected to the

assembly five times. From 1989 to 1991 during

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

rule he was the Minister for Health, and from 1996 to 2001 he was the Minister for Transport and Highways. He authored a book titled ''Dravidian Movement in India and Black Movement in the U.S.A.''

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