List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha


Twelve members are nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India for a six-year term for their contributions towards arts, literature, sciences, and social services. This right has been bestowed upon the President according to the Fourth Schedule and 80) of the Constitution of India.

Current members

This is a Current list of Members of the Rajya Sabha who have been nominated by the President.

List of members

This is a complete list of Members of the Rajya Sabha who have been nominated by the President.
Sr. No.PortraitNameFieldStart of TermEnd of Term
1 Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer Law3 April 19523 October 1953
2 Satyendranath Bose Science3 April 19522 July 1959
3 Prithviraj Kapoor Arts3 April 19522 April 1960
4 Jagadisan Mohandas Kumarappa Education3 April 19522 April 1954
5 Kalidas Nag Education3 April 19522 April 1954
6 Rukmini Devi Arundale Arts3 April 19522 April 1962
7 N. R. Malkani Education3 April 19522 April 1962
8 Sahib Singh Sokhey Science3 April 19522 April 1956
9 Zakir Husain Education3 April 19526 July 1957
10 Maithili Sharan Gupt Literature3 April 19522 April 1964
11 Kaka Kalelkar Education3 April 19522 April 1964
12 Radha Kumud Mukherjee Literature3 April 19522 April 1958
13 Pandurang Vaman Kane Law16 November 195311 September 1959
14 Moturi Satyanarayana Social Work3 April 19542 April 1966
15 Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia Education3 April 19542 April 1966
16 Bhargavram Vitthal Warerkar Literature3 April 195623 September 1964
17 Tara Chand Literature22 August 19572 April 1968
18 Ajudhia Nath Khosla Science3 April 19584 October 1959
19 K. M. Panikkar Literature25 August 195922 May 1961
20 Jairamdas Daulatram Law19 October 19592 April 1976
21 Mohanlal Saksena Law22 November 19592 April 1964
22 Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay Literature3 April 19602 April 1966
23 V. T. Krishnamachari Public Affairs9 June 196113 February 1964
24 R. R. Diwakar Literature & Social Work3 April 19622 April 1968
25 Gopal Singh Literature3 April 19622 April 1968
26 M. Ajmal Khan Literature31 March 196418 October 1969
27 Shakuntala Paranjpye Social Work3 April 19642 April 1970
28 Badri Nath Prasad Education3 April 196418 January 1966
29 G. Ramachandran Social Work3 April 19642 April 1970
30 Satyavrata Siddhantalankar Education25 November 19642 April 1968
31 M. N. Kaul Public Affairs30 March 19662 April 1972
32 Harivansh Rai Bachchan Literature3 April 19662 April 1972
33 Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil Economics3 April 196631 August 1967
34 M. C. Setalvad Law3 April 19662 April 1972
35 G. Sankara Kurup Literature3 April 19682 April 1972
36 Joachim Alva Law & Public Affairs3 April 19682 April 1974
37 S. Nurul Hasan Education3 April 196830 September 1971
38 K. Ramiah Science3 April 19682 April 1974
39 Ganga Sharan Sinha Social Work3 April 19682 April 1974
40 Maragatham Chandrasekar Social Work3 April 19702 April 1982
40 Maragatham Chandrasekar Social Work27 September 198229 December 1984
41 Umashankar Joshi Literature3 April 19702 April 1976
42 Rasheeduddin Khan Education3 April 19702 April 1982
43 Vidya Prakash Dutt Education4 December 19712 April 1980
44 Abu Abraham Arts3 April 19722 April 1978
45 Pramathanath Bishi Education3 April 19722 April 1978
46 C. K. Daphtary Law3 April 19722 April 1978
47 Habib Tanvir Arts3 April 19722 April 1978
48 Krishna Kripalani Literature3 April 19742 April 1980
49 Lokesh Chandra Literature3 April 19742 April 1986
50 Scato Swu Social Work3 April 19742 April 1986
51 B. N. Banerjee Public Affairs3 April 19762 April 1982
52 Malcolm Adiseshiah Economics14 April 197813 April 1984
53 Fathema Ismail Social Work14 April 197813 April 1984
54 Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav Social Work14 April 197813 April 1984
55 Bhagwati Charan Varma Literature14 April 19785 October 1981
56 Nargis Arts3 April 19803 May 1981
57 Khushwant Singh Journalism3 April 19802 April 1986
58 Asima Chatterjee Science18 February 198213 April 1984
58 Asima Chatterjee Science9 May 19848 May 1990
59 Sivaji Ganesan Arts18 February 19822 April 1986
60 Hayatullah Ansari Literature27 September 198226 September 1988
61 Madan Bhatia Law27 September 198226 September 1988
61 Madan Bhatia Law25 November 198824 November 1994
62 V. N. Tiwari Education27 September 19823 April 1984
63 Ghulam Rasool Kar Social Work9 May 198428 December 1987
64 Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy Law & Social Work9 May 19848 May 1990
65 H. L. Kapur Others — Army3 January 198514 November 1985
66 Purushottam Kakodkar Social Work3 January 19852 January 1991
67 Salim Ali Science4 September 198520 June 1987
68 Ela Bhatt Social Work12 May 198626 September 1988
69 Amrita Pritam Literature12 May 198611 May 1992
70 M. F. Husain Arts12 May 198611 May 1992
71 R. K. Narayan Literature12 May 198611 May 1992
72 Ravi Shankar Arts12 May 198611 May 1992
73 Anwara Taimur Public AffairsNovember 19888 May 1990
74 Sat Paul Mittal Social Work25 November 198812 January 1992
75 Bishambhar Nath Pande 25 November 198824 November 1994
76 Mohammad Yunus Public Affairs15 June 198914 June 1995
77 Jagmohan Public Affairs28 May 19909 May 1996
78 Prakash Ambedkar Law & Social Work18 September 199017 September 1996
79 Bhupinder Singh Mann Others — Agriculture18 September 199017 September 1996
80 Russi Karanjia Journalism11 January 199110 January 1997
81 Mahendra Prasad Public Affairs27 August 199324 November 1994
82 M. Aram Education27 August 199324 May 1997
83 Vyjayantimala Arts27 August 199326 August 1999
84 B. B. Dutta Education27 August 199326 August 1999
85 Habibur Rahman Nomani Social Work27 August 199326 August 1999
86 Nirmala Deshpande Social Work27 August 199726 August 1999
86 Nirmala Deshpande Social Work24 June 20041 May 2008
87 Shabana Azmi Arts27 August 199726 August 2003
88 P. Selvie Das Education27 August 199726 August 2003
89 Kartar Singh Duggal Literature27 August 199726 August 2003
90 Kuldip Nayyar Journalism27 August 199726 August 2003
91 Raja Ramanna Science27 August 199726 August 2003
92 C. Narayana Reddy Literature27 August 199726 August 2003
93 Mrinal Sen Arts27 August 199726 August 2003
94 Harmohan Singh Yadav Social Work27 August 199726 August 2003
95 Nanaji Deshmukh Social Work22 November 199921 November 2005
96 Lata Mangeshkar Arts22 November 199921 November 2005
97 Fali Sam Nariman Law22 November 199921 November 2005
98 Cho Ramaswamy Journalism22 November 199921 November 2005
99 Hema Malini Arts27 August 200326 August 2009
100 Bimal Jalan Economics27 August 200326 August 2009
101 K. Kasturirangan Science27 August 20038 July 2009
102 Narayan Singh Manaklao Social Work27 August 200326 August 2009
103 Vidya Niwas Misra Education27 August 200314 February 2005
104 Chandan Mitra Journalism27 August 200326 August 2009
105 Dara Singh Arts27 August 200326 August 2009
106 Kapila Vatsyayan Education16 February 200624 March 2006
106 Kapila Vatsyayan Education10 April 200715 February 2012
107 Shobhana Bhartia Literature16 February 200615 February 2012
108 Shyam Benegal Arts16 February 200615 February 2012
109 Ram Jethmalani Law10 April 200626 August 2009
110 M. S. Swaminathan Science10 April 20079 April 2013
111 C. Rangarajan Economics9 August 200810 August 2009
112 H. K. Dua Journalism18 November 200917 November 2015
113 Ashok Sekhar Ganguly Others18 November 200917 November 2015
114 Mani Shankar Aiyar Public Affairs22 March 201021 March 2016
115 Javed Akhtar Literature22 March 201021 March 2016
116 B. Jayashree Arts22 March 201021 March 2016
117 Ram Dayal Munda Others — Agriculture22 March 201030 September 2011
118 Bhalchandra Mungekar Economics22 March 201021 March 2016
119 Anu Aga Social Work27 April 201226 April 2018
120 Rekha Arts27 April 201226 April 2018
121 Sachin Tendulkar Sports27 April 201226 April 2018
122 Mrinal Miri Education29 June 201221 March 2016
123 K. Parasaran Law29 June 201228 June 2018
124 K. T. S. Tulsi Law25 February 201424 February 2020
125 Navjot Singh Sidhu Public Affairs25 April 201618 July 2016
126Pranav Pandya 4 May 201611 May 2016
127Narendra JadhavEconomics25 April 201624 April 2022
128 Swapan Dasgupta Literature25 April 201616 March 2021
128 Swapan Dasgupta Literature02 June 202124 April 2022
129Mary KomSports25 April 201624 April 2022
130Suresh GopiArts25 April 201624 April 2022
131Subramanian SwamyPublic Affairs25 April 201624 April 2022
132 Sambhaji Raje 13 June 201603 May 2022
133 Roopa Ganguly Arts04 October 201624 April 2022
134 Raghunath Mohapatra Arts14 July 20189 May 2021
135Sonal MansinghArts14 July 201823 July 2024
136Ram ShakalPublic Affairs14 July 201823 July 2024
137Rakesh SinhaLiterature14 July 201823 July 2024
138Ranjan GogoiLaw19 March 202018 March 2026
139Mahesh JethmalaniLaw02 June 202113 July 2024
140P. T. UshaSports7 July 20226 July 2028
141Veerendra HeggadeSocial Work7 July 20226 July 2028
142IlaiyaraajaArts7 July 20226 July 2028
143K. V. Vijayendra PrasadArts7 July 20226 July 2028
144Ghulam Ali KhatanaSocial Work10 September 20229 September 2028
145Satnam Singh SandhuEducation31 January 202430 January 2030
146Sudha MurtySocial Work & Education8 March 20247 March 2030
147Ujjwal NikamLaw13 July 202512 July 2031
148C. Sadanandan MasterSocial Work13 July 202512 July 2031
149Harsh Vardhan ShringlaDiplomacy13 July 202512 July 2031
150Meenakshi JainLiterature13 July 202512 July 2031