Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi

Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi
Anbil Mahesh in 2024

Minister for School Education Government of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
Preceded by	Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 May 2016
Preceded by	S. Senthilkumar
Constituency	Thiruverumbur

Personal details
Born	(1977-12-02) 2 December 1977 (age 48) Anbil, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil nadu India
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Janani
Children	2
Parents	Anbil Poyyamozhi (father) Malathi (mother)
Education	Bishop Heber College & ER HSec School, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Website	http://www.anbilmaheshpoyyamozhi.com/

Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi (born 2 December 1977 as "Nallamuththu Poyyamozhi")^[1] is an Indian politician serving as the Minister for School Education in Tamil Nadu and District secretary for Trichy district-South (Trichy east, Thiruverumbur & Manapparai constituencies) of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.^[2] He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from 2016–2021. He served as the State Secretary of DMK Youth Wing from 2014–2019.

He started his political life as a party worker in the year 2000. He was appointed the Youth Wing Secretary in 2014. He was elected as a Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Thiruverumbur constituency in 2016.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] He was again elected as MLA in May 2021 from the Thiruverumbur constituency consecutively and appointed the School Education Minister of Tamil Nadu.^[7] He was nominated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to contest the Thiruverumbur constituency for a third consecutive term in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi completed a doctorate at National College, Tiruchirappalli. The research focused on the mix of education and computer science. Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhis dissertation, titled "Physical Activity, for Skill Development Through Machine Learning " was done under the guidance of T. Prasanna Balaji.^[8] The study gave a real data analysis of physical‑education activities. How they help overall skill growth in students. The study used machine‑learning‑based assessment methods to check results and find patterns, in student progress.^{[citation needed]}

Elections contested

Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Thiruverumbur	DMK	Won	46.98	D. Kalaichelvan	AIADMK	37.85
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Thiruverumbur	DMK	Won	53.48	P. Kumar	AIADMK	28.27

Authorship

Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi penned a bilingual book 'National Education Policy 2020: Madhayaanai (The Rogue Elephant)' ^[9] In the book, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi argues that the National Education Policy 2025 policy is directly imposing Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states. He emphasizes that the two-language education policy followed by Tamil Nadu has been a backbone of the state's growth, and contends that NEP 2020 undermines this foundation..The work analyses perceived shortcomings in the policy, exploring its ideological basis and examining possible implications for Tamil Nadu's education system.

The book was released on 17 May 2025 at the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin presided over the launch ceremony. The book was received by Digvijaya Singh, senior Congress leader and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, V. Gopala Gowda, former Supreme Court judge and former Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court, and Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai, Padma Shri awardee and former Director of the ISRO Satellite Centre.^[10]

Tamil Nadu State Education Policy 2025

The Tamil Nadu State Education Policy 2025 is a state-level education policy for school education released by the Government of Tamil Nadu in the year 2025. The Union Government released the new National Education Policy in the year 2020.^[11] The Government of Tamil Nadu had been expressing opposition to the Union Government’s education policy due to ideological differences on issues such as the teaching of a third language and the entrance examination for medical education. Comparing the National Education Policy to a “rogue elephant,” the Tamil Nadu Minister for School Education, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, strongly campaigned against it, accusing it of dragging Tamil Nadu’s educational progress backward and creating obstacles. He also wrote and published a book titled “National Education Policy – 2020 as a Rogue Elephant,” which contains his criticisms.

It was announced that a special, state-specific education policy would be formulated for Tamil Nadu. For this purpose, a 14-member committee was constituted under the chairmanship of former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Justice T. Murugesan. The draft report of this education policy, consisting of 520 pages, was compiled in October 2023. The report was submitted to the government on July 1, 2024. It was released by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on August 8, 2025.^[12]

v t e Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu
First Legislative Assembly	C. Rajagopalachari K. Kamaraj A. B. Shetty C. Subramaniam K. Venkataswami Naidu N. Ranga Reddi M. V. Krishna Rao V. C. Palaniswami U. Krishna Rao R. Nagan Gowda N. Sankara Reddi M. A. Manickavelu K. P. Kuttikrishnan Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao D. Sanjeevaiah M. Bhakthavatsalam K. Rajaram Jothi Venkatachalam B. Parameswaran S. S. Ramaswami Padayachi
Second Legislative Assembly	K. Kamaraj M. Bhakthavatsalam C. Subramaniam M. A. Manickavelu Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi B. Parameswaran S. S. Ramaswami Padayachi R. Venkataraman P. Kakkan V. Ramaiah Lourdammal Simon
Third Legislative Assembly	K. Kamaraj M. Bhakthavatsalam R. Venkataraman P. Kakkan V. Ramaiah Jothi Venkatachalam N. Nallasenapathi Sarkarai Manradiar G. Bhuvarahan S. M. Abdul Majid
Fourth Legislative Assembly	C. N. Annadurai V. R. Nedunchezhiyan M. Karunanidhi K. A. Mathiazhagan A. Govindasamy Sathiavani Muthu S. Madhavan S. J. Sadiq Pasha M. Muthuswami P. U. Shanmugam Si. Pa. Aditanar K. V. Subbiah O. P. Raman N. V. Natarajan K. A. Vezhavendan
Fifth Legislative Assembly	M. Karunanidhi V. R. Nedunchezhiyan K. Anbazhagan N. V. Natarajan Sathiavani Muthu P. U. Shanmugam S. Madhavan S. J. Sadiq Pasha Si. Pa. Aditanar A. P. Dharmalingam K. Rajaram O. P. Raman Panruti S. Ramachandran M. Kannappan Mannai P. Narayanasamy C. V. M. Annamalai N. Rajangam
Sixth Legislative Assembly	M. G. Ramachandran Nanjil K. Manoharan Panruti S. Ramachandran K. Narayanaswamy G. R. Edmund R. M. Veerappan C. Aranganayagam K. Kalimuthu S. Raghavanandam P. Soundarapandian C. Ponnaiyan P. T. Saraswathi P. Kolandaivelu K. Raja Mohammed K. A. Krishnaswamy S. D. Somasundaram R. Soundararajan Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
Seventh Legislative Assembly	M. G. Ramachandran V. R. Nedunchezhiyan Panruti S. Ramachandran K. A. Krishnaswamy S. D. Somasundaram R. M. Veerappan C. Aranganayagam K. Kalimuthu C. Ponnaiyan P. Kolandaivelu S. Raghavanandam H. V. Hande K. Raja Mohammed S. Muthusamy Su. Thirunavukkarasar S. N. Rajendran M. Vijayasarathy Gomathi Srinivasan S. R. Eradha M. R. Govindan P. Vijayalakshmi R. Soundararajan Y. S. M. Yusuf R. Arunachalam K. Kalaimani T. Veeraswamy K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
Eighth Legislative Assembly	M. G. Ramachandran V. R. Nedunchezhiyan V. N. Janaki Ramachandran Panruti S. Ramachandran K. A. Krishnaswamy R. M. Veerappan C. Aranganayagam K. Kalimuthu C. Ponnaiyan H. V. Hande S. Muthusamy Su. Thirunavukkarasar R. Soundararajan M. R. Govindan Gomathi Srinivasan P. Vijayalakshmi Y. S. M. Yusuf K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran K. Rajaram V. V. Swaminathan T. Veeraswamy N. Nallusamy Anoor P. G. Jegadeesan T. Ramasamy A. Arunachalam P. U. Shanmugam P. Sundararajan
Ninth Legislative Assembly	M. Karunanidhi K. Anbazhagan S. J. Sadiq Pasha Nanjil K. Manoharan M. Kannappan K. P. Kandasamy Ko. Si. Mani Arcot N. Veeraswami Pon. Muthuramalingam Veerapandi S. Arumugam Duraimurugan Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan E. Ramakrishnan K. Ponmudy K. N. Nehru K. Chandrasekaran S. Thangavelu K. Sundaram
Tenth Legislative Assembly	J. Jayalalithaa V. R. Nedunchezhiyan K. A. Krishnaswamy S. D. Somasundaram R. M. Veerappan K. Rajaram C. Aranganayagam S. Muthusamy K. A. Sengottaiyan E. Madhusudhanan S. Kannappan Alagu Thirunavukkarasu Ku. Pa. Krishnan T. M. Selvaganapathy Mohammad Asif R. Indira Kumari M. Anandan D. Jayakumar G. Viswanathan S. Nagoor Meeran S. Regupathy Durai Ramasamy D. Janardhanan V. Sathiamoorthy M. Chinnasamy K. Lawrence M. Thennavan K. Ponnusamy Melur A. M. Paramasivam C. P. Pattabiraman T. V. Nadesan Paulraj P. Eswaramoorthy M. C. Dhamotharan M. Ammamuthu
Eleventh Legislative Assembly	M. Karunanidhi K. Anbazhagan Arcot N. Veeraswami Nanjil K. Manoharan Ko. Si. Mani Veerapandi S. Arumugam Duraimurugan K. Ponmudy M. Tamilkudimagan K. N. Nehru K. Sundaram A. Rahman Khan Aladi Aruna V. Thangapandian N. K. K. Periasamy M. R. K. Panneerselvam Pongalur N. Palanisamy K. Pitchandi I. Periyasamy V. Mullaivendhan B. M. Senguttuvan S. P. Sarguna Pandian Samayanallur S. Selvaraj N. Suresh Rajan Anthiyur P. Selvarasu S. Jennifer Chandran
Twelfth Legislative Assembly	J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam C. Ponnaiyan M. Thambidurai D. Jayakumar Ayyaru Vandayar Pollachi V. Jayaraman S. Semmalai C. Durairaj P. C. Ramasamy Thalavai Sundaram A. Anwer Raja K. Pandurangan S. S. Thirunavukkarasu P. Dhanapal Natham R. Viswanathan R. Saroja B. Valarmathi V. Subramanian Nainar Nagenthiran K. P. Rajendra Prasad C. Ve. Shanmugam S. P. Shunmuganathan A. K. Selvaraj A. Venkatachalam R. Jeevanantham C. Shanmugavelu R. Vaithilingam Valarmathi Jebaraj S. M. Velusamy P. Mohan R. Vilvanathan M. C. Sampath Anitha R. Radhakrishnan K. Sudarsanam V. D. Natarajan S. Ramachandran K. K. Balasubramanian V. Somasundaram M. Radhakrishnan A. Miller A. Pappa Sundaram P. V. Damodaran R. Vadivel P. Annavi K. P. Anbalagan R. T. Inbathamilan
Thirteenth Legislative Assembly	M. Karunanidhi M. K. Stalin K. Anbazhagan Arcot N. Veeraswami Ko. Si. Mani Veerapandi S. Arumugam Duraimurugan P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan K. Ponmudy K. N. Nehru M. R. K. Panneerselvam I. Periyasamy N. Suresh Rajan Parithi Ilamvazhuthi E. V. Velu Suba. Thangavelan K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran T. M. Anbarasan K. R. Periyakaruppan N. K. K. P. Raja Thangam Thenarasu S. N. M. Ubayadullah T. P. M. Mohideen Khan N. Selvaraj M. P. Saminathan Poongothai Aladi Aruna P. Geetha Jeevan A. Tamilarasi K. P. P. Samy U. Mathivanan K. Ramachandran Pongalur N. Palanisamy
Fourteenth Legislative Assembly	J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam K. A. Sengottaiyan Natham R. Viswanathan K. P. Munusamy C. Shanmugavelu R. Vaithilingam Agri S. S. Krishnamoorthy C. Karuppasamy P. Palaniappan C. Ve. Shanmugam Sellur K. Raju K. T. Pachaiammal Edappadi K. Palaniswami S. P. Shunmuganathan K. V. Ramalingam S. P. Velumani T. K. M. Chinnayya M. C. Sampath P. Thangamani G. Senthamizhan S. Gokula Indira Selvi Ramajayam B. V. Ramanaa R. B. Udhayakumar N. Subramanian V. Senthil Balaji N. Mariyam Pitchai K. A. Jayapal E. Subaya Budhichandhiran S. T. Chellapandian V. S. Vijay N. R. Sivapathi A. Mohammed John P. Chendur Pandian S. Damodaran R. Kamaraj V. Moorthy M. Paranjothi S. Sundararaj K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji B. Valarmathi M. S. M. Anandan Mukkur N. Subramanian N. D. Venkatachalam P. Mohan T. P. Poonatchi Vaigaichelvan K. C. Veeramani S. Abdul Rahim C. Vijayabaskar
Fifteenth Legislative Assembly	J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam Edappadi K. Palaniswami Dindigul C. Sreenivasan K. A. Sengottaiyan Sellur K. Raju P. Thangamani S. P. Velumani D. Jayakumar C. Ve. Shanmugam K. P. Anbalagan V. Saroja M. C. Sampath K. C. Karuppannan R. Kamaraj O. S. Manian Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan C. Vijayabaskar R. Doraikkannu Kadambur C. Raju R. B. Udhayakumar Vellamandi N. Natarajan K. C. Veeramani K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji P. Benjamin Nilofer Kafeel M. R. Vijayabhaskar M. Manikandan V. M. Rajalakshmi Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan G. Baskaran Sevvoor S. Ramachandran S. Valarmathi P. Balakrishna Reddy
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly	M. K. Stalin Udhayanidhi Stalin Duraimurugan K. N. Nehru I. Periyasamy K. Ponmudy E. V. Velu M. R. K. Panneerselvam K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran Thangam Thenarasu S. Regupathy S. Muthusamy K. R. Periyakaruppan T. M. Anbarasan M. P. Saminathan P. Geetha Jeevan Anitha R. Radhakrishnan R. S. Rajakannappan K. Ramachandran R. Sakkarapani V. Senthil Balaji R. Gandhi Ma. Subramanian P. Moorthy S. S. Sivasankar P. K. Sekar Babu Palanivel Thiaga Rajan S. M. Nasar Gingee K. S. Masthan Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi Siva. V. Meyyanathan C. V. Ganesan T. Mano Thangaraj M. Mathiventhan N. Kayalvizhi T. R. B. Rajaa R. Rajendran Govi. Chezhiaan

Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi

Education

Elections contested

Tamil Nadu Legislative elections

Authorship

Tamil Nadu State Education Policy 2025

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