S. Damodaran was born in Pollachi on 18 September 1952. He is married and has one child.[1]
Prior to being elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Damodaran was President of Thalakkarai Panchayat (1984–1989) and a member of Pollachi North Panchayat Union (1996–2001).[1]
Damodaran had been a minister in the Jayalalithaa-led government of 2001–2006 and she appointed him to cabinet office again in November 2011 during a reshuffle. He took over the Agriculture portfolio from K. A. Sengottaiyan, who became Minister for Information Technology.[5] Damodaran was replaced as Minister for Agriculture by S. S. Krishnamoorthy on 19 May 2014, when the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, again reshuffled her government.[6]