Background
Rengarajan, Thinniam Naganathan was born on December 22, 1939 in Srirangam, Tamilnadu, India. Son of Naganathan Ramaswamy and Mangalam (Haran) Naganathan.
Rengarajan, Thinniam Naganathan was born on December 22, 1939 in Srirangam, Tamilnadu, India. Son of Naganathan Ramaswamy and Mangalam (Haran) Naganathan.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Madras University, India, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Bombay University, India, 1966.
Research associate Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1960-1964, research fellow, 1964-1966, fellow, 1966-1971, reader, 1971-1982, associate professor, 1983-1991, professor, 1991-1995, senior professor, since 1995. Nuffield fellow University College, London, 1974—1975. Astronomer SAO, 1982—1984.
Short term visitor Staten Island, 1986—1993. Visiting professor ISAS, Tokyo, 1997—1998, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico, 2001—2004.
Member International Astronomical Union (committee member), Astronomical Society India (councilor executive committee 1992-1995), Bombay Association for Science Education (founder, chairman).
Married Vijayalakshmi Natarajan. Children: Jyothi, Rajesh.