List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha


Twelve members are nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India for six-years 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.
No.ImageNameFieldAffiliationDate of
Appointment		Date of
Retirement
1Raghunath MohapatraArtBharatiya Janata Party14-Jul-201813-Jul-2024
2Sonal MansinghArtBharatiya Janata Party14-Jul-201813-Jul-2024
3Ram ShakalSocial workBharatiya Janata Party14-Jul-201813-Jul-2024
4Rakesh SinhaLiteratureBharatiya Janata Party14-Jul-201813-Jul-2024
5Roopa GangulyArtBharatiya Janata Party04-Oct-201603-Oct-2022
6Sambhaji RajeSocial workBharatiya Janata Party07-Jun-201603-May-2022
7Suresh GopiArtBharatiya Janata Party25-Apr-201624-Apr-2022
8Subramanian SwamyEconomicsBharatiya Janata Party25-Apr-201624-Apr-2022
9Ranjan GogoiLaw19-Mar-202018-Mar-2026
10Narendra JadhavEconomics25-Apr-201624-Apr-2022
11Mary KomSport25-Apr-201624-Apr-2022
12Swapan DasguptaJournalism25-Apr-201624-Apr-2022

Past members

This is a Complete list of Members of the Rajya Sabha who have been nominated by the President.
Sr. No.ImageNameTenure
1 Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer 1952–1958
2 Satyendranath Bose 1952–1960
3 Prithviraj Kapoor 1952–1960
4 Jagadisan Mohandas Kumarappa 1952–1954
5 Kalidas Nag 1952–1954
6 Rukmini Devi Arundale 1952–1962
7 N. R. Malkani 1952–1962
8 Sahib Singh Sokhey 1952–1956
9 Zakir Hussain 1952–1962
10 Maithili Sharan Gupt 1952–1964
11 Kakasaheb Kalelkar 1952–1964
12 Radha Kumud Mukherjee 1952–1958
13 Pandurang Vaman Kane 1953–1964
14 Moturi Satyanarayana 1954–1966
15 Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia 1954–1966
16 Bhargavram Vitthal Warerkar 1956–1968
17 Tara Chand 1956–1968
18 Ajudhia Nath Khosla 1958–1964
19 K. M. Panikkar 1959–1966
20 Jairamdas Daulatram 1959–1976
21 Mohanlal Saksena 1959–1964
22 Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay 1960–1966
23 V. T. Krishnamachari 1961–1967
24 R. R. Diwakar 1962–1968
25 Gopal Singh 1962–1968
26 M. Ajmal Khan 1964–1972
27 Satyavrata Siddhantalankar 1964–1968
28 Shakuntala Paranjpye 1964–1970
29 Badri Nath Prasad 1964–1970
30 G. Ramachandran 1964–1970
31 M. N. Kaul 1964–1972
32 Harivanshrai Bachchan 1966–1972
33 Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil 1966–1972
34 M. C. Setalvad 1966–1972
35 G. Sankara Kurup 1968–1972
36 Joachim Alva 1968–1974
37 S. Nurul Hasan 1968–1974
38 K. Ramiah 1968–1974
39 Ganga Sharan Sinha 1968–1974
40 Maragatham Chandrasekar 1970–1988
41 Umashankar Joshi 1970–1976
42 Rasheeduddin Khan 1970–1982
43 Vidya Prakash Dutt 1971–1980
44 Abu Abraham 1972–1978
45 Pramathanath Bishi 1972–1978
46 C. K. Daphtary 1972–1978
47 Habib Tanvir 1972–1978
48 Krishna Kriplani 1974–1980
49 Lokesh Chandra 1974–1986
50 Scato Swu 1974–1986
51 B. N. Banerjee 1976–1982
52 Malcolm Adiseshiah 1978–1984
53 Fathema Ismail 1978–1984
54 Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav 1978–1984
55 Bhagwati Charan Varma 1978–1984
56 Nargis Dutt 1980–1986
57 Khushwant Singh 1980–1986
58 Asima Chatterjee 1982–1990
59 Sivaji Ganesan 1982–1986
60 Hayatullah Ansari 1982–1988
61 Madan Bhatia 1982–1994
62 V. N. Tiwari 1982–1984
63 Ghulam Rasool Kar 1984–1987
64 Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy 1984–1990
65 H. L. Kapur 1985–1988
66 Salim Ali 1985–1988
67 Purushottam Kakodkar 1985–1991
68 Ela Bhatt 1986–1988
69 Amrita Pritam 1986–1992
70 M. F. Husain 1986–1992
71 R. K. Narayan 1986–1992
72 Ravi Shankar 1986–1992
73 Syeda Anwara Taimur 1988–1990
74 Sat Paul Mittal 1988–1994
75 Bishambhar Nath Pande 1988–1994
76 Mohammad Yunus 1989–1995
77 Prakash Ambedkar 1990–1996
78 Jagmohan 1990–1996
79 Bhupinder Singh Mann 1990–1996
80 Russi Karanjia 1991–1997
81 Mahendra Prasad 1993–1994
82 M. Aram 1993–1999
83 Vyjayantimala Bali 1993–1999
84 B. B. Dutta 1993–1999
85 Maulana Habibur Rahman Nomani 1993–1999
86 Nirmala Deshpande 1997 – 1999 and 2004 – 2010
87 Shabana Azmi 1997–2003
88 P. Selvie Das 1997–2003
89 Kartar Singh Duggal 1997–2003
90 Kuldip Nayyar 1997–2003
91 Raja Ramanna 1997–2003
92 C. Narayana Reddy 1997–2003
93 Mrinal Sen 1997–2003
94 Harmohan Singh Yadav 1997–2003
95 Nanaji Deshmukh 1999–2005
96 Lata Mangeshkar 1999–2005
97 Fali Nariman 1999–2005
98 Cho Ramaswamy 1999–2005
99 Hema Malini 2003–2009
100 Bimal Jalan 2003–2009
101 K. Kasturirangan 2003–2009
102 Narayan Singh Manaklao 2003–2009
103 Vidya Niwas Misra 2003–2009
104 Chandan Mitra 2003–2009
105 Dara Singh 2003–2009
106 Kapila Vatsyayan 2006–2012
107 Ram Jethmalani 2006–2009
108 Shobhana Bhartia 2006–2012
109 Shyam Benegal 2006–2012
110 M. S. Swaminathan 2007–2013
111 C. Rangarajan 2008–2010
112 H. K. Dua 2009–2015
113 Ashok Sekhar Ganguly 2009–2015
114 Mani Shankar Aiyar 2010–2016
115 Javed Akhtar 2010–2016
116 B. Jayashree 2010–2016
117 Ram Dayal Munda 2010–2011
118 Bhalchandra Mungekar 2010–2016
119 Mrinal Miri 2012–2016
120 Anu Aga 2012–2018
121 K. Parasaran 2012–2018
122 Rekha 2012–2018
123 Sachin Tendulkar 2012–2018
124 K. T. S. Tulsi 2014–2020
125 Navjot Sidhu 2016–2016