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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Dindigul C. Sreenivasan<br />
| image = [[File:C. Sreenivasan.jpg|150px]]<br />
| honorific-prefix = <br />
| caption = <br />
| office = Minister for Forests <ref>[http://www.tn.gov.in/department/8 Minister of Tamil Nadu Forests]</ref><ref>[http://www.tn.gov.in/government/mlas/90525/ Tamil Nadu Assembly 2016 Council of Ministers]</ref><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/ministers.html Tamil Nadu Legislative 15th Assembly Cabinet Ministers]</ref><br/><br />
| term_start = 23 May 2016<br />
| constituency = [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul]]<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor =<br />
| term2 = 1989-1996 (2 terms)<br>1998-2004 (2 terms)<br />
| constituency2 = [[Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dindigul]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]<br />
| office3 = Treasurer of AIADMK<br />
| term_start3 = 2001<br />
| term_end3 = 2007<br />
| office4 = Organizing Secretary of AIADMK<br />
| term_start4 = 2020<br />
| term_end4. = ''Incumbent''<br />
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|4|1}}<ref>[http://myneta.info/tamilnadu2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=1138 Criminal & Asset Declaration in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election 2016]</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Usilampatti]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]<br />
| alma_mater = M.A ([[Political science]]), MBA<br />
| occupation = [[Politician]]<br />
| father = M. Chinnasamy Thevar<br />
| mother = C. Kathammal<br />
| spouse = S. Kannathal (m. 1974) (6 [[Children]])<br/>S. Nageswari (m. 1979) (2 [[Children]])<br />
| children = <br />
| relatives = C. Narayanan([[brother]]),<br/>C. Venkatachalam([[brother]])<br />
| residence = [[Dindigul]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Dindigul C. Sreenivasan''' (born '''1 April 1948''') is an Indian politician and former [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament of India]] elected from [[Tamil Nadu]]. He serves as [[Environment and Forests Department (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Forests]]. He was the treasurer of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) from 2001 to 2007, and was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dindigul constituency]] as an AIADMK candidate in the Indian general elections of [[Indian general election, 1989 (Tamil Nadu)|1989]], [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991|1991]], [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998|1998]] and [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999|1999]] in Tamil Nadu. Elected Legislative Assembly Election 2016 in [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul]] Constituency. He belongs to [[Piramalai Kallar|Piramalai Kallar Community]].{{refn|<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223306/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |date=20 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf Volume I, 1999 Indian general election, 13th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/01-List%20of%20sucessful%20Candidatestamil.pdf 15th Legislative Assembly Election 2016 in Tamil Nadu]</ref>}}<br />
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[[Jayalalithaa]] appointed Sreenivasan as Minister for Forests in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post in the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Jayalalithaa and her 28-member Cabinet to be sworn in on May 23 |date=21 May 2016 |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/list-of-ministers-in-jayalalithaa-cabinet/article8630370.ece |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref><br />
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