Sowmiya Anbumani
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Sowmiya is born in Chennai.[3] Her father M. Krishnasamy, was a lawyer and former Tamil Nadu state Congress president and a former MP. Her mother K.V. Chitra was a sociologist.[3] She married Anbumani Ramadoss, the senior leader of the Patali Makkal Katchi and together they have three daughters.[4] She went to Hindu Senior Secondary School in Triplicane and completed her schooling at Adarsh Vidyalaya. She did her graduation at Stella Maris College, Chennai in sociology and passed out in 1990. After her post-graduation at Madras University in 1992, she did her doctoral studies in Sociology and Environmental Sciences after some gap, at the Madurai Kamaraj University in 2019.[5]
Career
Sowmiya is an environmental activist and a sociologist. She has been editing a Tamil monthly environmental magazine, Pasumai Thayagam Sutru Choozal, since 2002. She also serves as an advisor to Makkal TV.[5]
She attended many conferences as an environmentalist. They include the Earth Summit held in 2002 in Johannesburg in South Africa and the United Nations Conferences on Women held in 2006 and 2018 in New York, USA. She also went to the Climate Change Summit at Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009 and the Better Air Quality Conference at Hong Kong in 2012.[5]
She is nominated as a candidate by Patali Makkal Katchi to contest from Dharmapuri Assembly constituency in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[6] Her main opponent is expected to be V Ilangovan of Premallatha Vijayakant's DMDK.[7] She also contested from Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha election on PMK ticket.[1] She has declared her personal assets as Rs.68.5 crore in her affidavit to the Election Commission of India.[8] She was part of a poll by a news outlet that alleged family politics.[9]
References
- 1 2 "Sowmiya Anbumani(Pattali Makkal Katchi):Constituency- DHARMAPURI(TAMIL NADU) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Sowmiya Anbumani , Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate bio : Assets , Total Income , Liabilities , Criminal Cases and other details". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- 1 2 Rashmi. "Sowmiya Anbumani: Age, Biography, Education, Husband, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Anbumani Ramadoss: Latest News, Photos, Videos & Updates". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 "A Woman of Substance: Dr Sowmiya Anbumani By Juliana Sridhar | RITZ". 12 March 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Sowmiya Anbumani, DHARMAPURI PMK Election Results 2026: Sowmiya Anbumani Vidhan Sabha Chunav Seat, Political Career, Education, Age, Vote Margin, Assets Parinam News in Hindi | सौम्या अंबुमणि धर्मपुरी विधानसभा चुनाव 2026". AajTak (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu assembly election 2026: Prestige fight for Sowmiya Anbumani amid factional rift in PMK". The Times of India. 8 April 2026. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Sowmiya Anbumani (PMK) Candidate from DHARMAPURI Constituency, Sowmiya Anbumani Political Career, Age, Education, Election Result 2026". India Today. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ Arjunan, C (30 March 2024). "`சௌமியா அன்புமணி தேர்தலில் போட்டியிடுவது குடும்ப அரசியலா, இல்லையா?' - விகடன் கருத்துக்கணிப்பு". Vikatan (in Tamil). Retrieved 25 April 2026.