Palanivel Thiagarajan

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly MLA
Assumed office
2016
Preceded by R. Sundarrajan
Constituency Madurai Central
Personal details
Born (1966-03-07) 7 March 1966
Political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s) Margaret Thiagarajan
Relations P. T. Rajan
Children Palani Thevan Rajan, Vel Thiaga Rajan
Parents P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan
Rukmani
Website Official Site

P. T. R. Palanivel Thiagarajan is an Indian politican. He is the son of the late P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan, also a politician. His grandfather, P. T. Rajan, was also a prominent politician. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in 2016 from Madurai Central.[1][2]

Early life

Thiagarajan graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the National Institute Of Technology, Tiruchirapalli. He obtained a Masters degree in Operations Research and a Ph.D. in Human Factors Engineering / Engineering Psychology at State University Of New York, Buffalo. He then completed his Master Of Business Administration in Financial Management at MIT Sloan School Of Management.

Career

He began his career in 1990 as an independent consultant in Operations and Systems Improvement.

He joined Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in 2001 as Trader and Co-Portfolio Manager - Firm Relationship Loan Portfolio.[3][4] He quit Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. as Head Of Offshore Capital Markets in the year 2008.[5][6]

He then worked for Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore in the Global Capital Markets division. He quit Standard Chartered Bank as Managing Director, FM Sales in the year 2014.[7]

Personal life

He married Margaret Thiagarajan and has two sons, Palani Thevan Rajan and Vel Thiaga Rajan.[8]

References

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