V. Maitreyan

Vasudevan Maitreyan (born 21 November 1955) is an Indian oncologist and politician from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India representing All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, for 3 terms from January 2002 to June 2004 and again from July 2007 to July 2019. He was Organizing Secretary of AIADMK.

Early life and education

Maitreyan was born to Indian independence activist K. R. Vasudevan and his wife Manga Vasudevan on 21 November 1955 in a Vadagalai Iyengar family. He had his schooling in Madras and graduated in medicine from the Government Medical College, Nagpur. On completion of his graduation, Maitreyan pursued his M. D. in Medical Oncology from the Madras Medical College and did his D. M. in Medical Oncology from the Cancer Institute, Madras University.

Maitreyan practised as an oncologist.

Political career

Right from his early days, Maitreyan was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

He was nominated to Rajya Sabha in an interim vacancy in 2002, following the death of Moopanar in the previous year. He was again nominated as Rajyasabha MP twice in 2007 and 2013. He was expelled from the primary membership of the AIADMK party in 2022. He joined BJP on 9 June 2023 and became its national executive committee member in August 2023.

On 12 September 2024, he quit the BJP and rejoined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the presence of its general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami. On 28 January 2025, he was appointed as Organizing Secretary of AIADMK. On 13 August 2025, he joined the DMK in the presence of Its leader M. K. Stalin. Rajya Sabha Election History