Dr. Sasikala Pushpa has been the Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). She completed her B.A. (English Literature) from University of Madras, Chennai and M.A. (Public Administration) from University of Madras, Chennai. She has also done a Diploma in Business Administration from the Southern Cross University, Singapore. Her Ph. D. in Public Administration is from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tamil Nadu. She has been an ardent political and social worker, teacher and educationist. Earlier, she served as the Mayor of Thoothukudi Corporation, Tamil Nadu. She also held positions like: Member, Committee on Human Resource Development; Member, Committee of Privileges; and Member, Committee of Women and Children at national level. She is a proficient Bharatanatyam dancer. She enjoys coaching IAS aspirants. In this direction, she has also organized free IAS Training Centres in rural Tamil Nadu for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) youths; has provided career guidance to students in various colleges across Tamil Nadu; and has organized developmental activities for rural women to impart training, skills and to engage them in income generation activities. She has held positions like: Joint Secretary (Women Wing, A.I.A.D.M.K., 2009); Deputy Secretary (Youth Brigade Wing, A.I.A.D.M.K., 2010); and Secretary (Women Wing, A.I.A.D.M.K., 2013. She has been associated with development of sports in rural areas of Tamil Nadu. Countries visited by her include, South Korea (as a member of the delegation sponsored by the Government of South Korea for World Mayors Conference on Climate Change in 2013); South Africa (as a member of the delegation sponsored by the Government of South Africa for World Youth Conference in 2010); and Singapore. She specializes in research in research on British Administration. She is a prolific writer and commentator. She has been selected to go as a parliament delegates for the deliberation on 137th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation in 2017.
