Tiruchi Siva

Tiruchi Siva (Tamil: திருச்சி சிவா) is a member of the Parliament of India representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament. He is from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, and was elected in 1996, 2002, 2007 and 2014. He is a speaker and a writer.

He has served on a wide range of committees, from the Committee on External Affairs and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, to the Committee on Water Resources, the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information Technology, the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and the Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice. He was also a member of the Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a member of the Select Committee to examine the Commercial Division of High Courts Bill.

As a student, he was imprisoned for one year under the M.I.S.A. during the Emergency in 1976. He was an organiser and deputy secretary (later propaganda secretary) for the D.M.K..