Dindigul C. Sreenivasan

{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1948)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Dindigul C. Sreenivasan

| image = C. Sreenivasan.jpg

| honorific-prefix =

| caption =

| office = Minister of Forests

| term_start = 23 May 2016

| term_end = 6 May 2021

| constituency = Dindigul

| predecessor = Edappadi K. Palaniswami

| successor = K. Ramachandran

| office1 = Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly

| term_start1 = 2016

| term_end1 =

| constituency1 = Dindigul

| predecessor1 = K. Balabharathi

| successor1 =

| office2 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start2 = 1998

| term_end2 = 2004

| predecessor2 = N. S. V. Chitthan

| successor2 = N. S. V. Chitthan

| constituency2 = Dindigul

| term_start3 = 1989

| term_end3 = 1996

| predecessor3 = K. R. Natarajan

| successor3 = N. S. V. Chitthan

| constituency3 = Dindigul

| office4 = Treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

| term_start4 = 11 July 2022

| term_end4 =

| 1blankname4 = General Secretary

| 1namedata4 = Edappadi K. Palaniswami

| predecessor4 = O. Panneerselvam

| term_start5 = 14 February 2017

| term_end5 = 21 August 2017

| predecessor5 = O. Panneerselvam

| successor5 = O. Panneerselvam

| term_start6 = 31 March 2000

| term_end6 = 20 July 2006

| 1blankname6 = General Secretary

| 1namedata6 = J. Jayalalithaa

| predecessor6 = Sedapatti Muthiah

| successor6 = T. T. V. Dhinakaran

| office7 = Organizing Secretary of AIADMK

| term_start7 = 2020

| term_end7 = 2022

| party = AIADMK

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|4|1}}[http://myneta.info/tamilnadu2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=1138 Criminal & Asset Declaration in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election 2016]

| birth_place = Usilampatti, Madras Province, India

| education = M.A (Political science), MBA{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}}{{clarify|date=April 2024|reason=From what colleges or universities were these degrees earned?}}

| occupation = Politician

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| mother =

| spouse = {{ubl

| {{Marriage|S. Kannathal|1974}}{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}}

| {{marriage|S. Nageswari|1979}}{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}}

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Dindigul C. Sreenivasan (born 1 April 1948) is an Indian politician and former four term Member of Parliament of India elected from Tamil Nadu. He is currently serving as Member of Legislative Assembly for Dindigul since 2016. He is the treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) since 11 July 2022. He is one of senior most members of the party AIADMK. He served as Minister for Forests for Tamil Nadu from 2016 to 2021.[http://www.tn.gov.in/department/8 Minister of Tamil Nadu Forests][http://www.tn.gov.in/government/mlas/90525/ Tamil Nadu Assembly 2016 Council of Ministers][http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/ministers.html Tamil Nadu Legislative 15th Assembly Cabinet Ministers]

He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Dindigul constituency as an AIADMK candidate in the Indian general elections of 1989, 1991, 1998 and 1999 in Tamil Nadu.

Elected in Legislative Assembly Election 2016 and 2021 in Dindigul Assembly constituency for consecutive 2 terms, he belongs to Piramalai Kallar community.{{refn|[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223306/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |date=20 October 2014 }}[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf Volume I, 1999 Indian general election, 13th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/01-List%20of%20sucessful%20Candidatestamil.pdf 15th Legislative Assembly Election 2016 in Tamil Nadu]}}

Jayalalithaa appointed Sreenivasan as Minister for Forests in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post in the Government of Tamil Nadu.{{cite news |title= Jayalalithaa and her 28-member Cabinet to be sworn in on May 23 |date=21 May 2016 |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/list-of-ministers-in-jayalalithaa-cabinet/article8630370.ece |accessdate=2017-05-04}}

On 11 July 2022, C. Sreenivasan was made treasurer of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/aiadmk-gears-up-for-eps-vs-ops-battle-as-madras-hc-set-to-deliver-verdict-on-plea-against-general-council-meet-5528575.html |title=Sec 144 Around AIADMK HQ in Chennai as Party Expels OPS After EPS Gains Control|website=news18| date=11 July 2022 }}