Background
Thangaraj was born on March 25, 1952 in Madras, India; the son of Vadivel Venu and Venu Saraswathi.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Thangaraj received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Madras in 1973.
Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Thangaraj earned his Master of Science degree in 1975 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1983 from Annamalai University.
Thangaraj was born on March 25, 1952 in Madras, India; the son of Vadivel Venu and Venu Saraswathi.
Thangaraj received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Madras in 1973. Two years later he earned his Master of Science degree from Annamalai University. Also in 1983, Venu was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the same university.
Thangaraj began his career as a lecturer at Regional Engineering College (nowadays National Institute of Technology) in 1983. Two years later he took a position of a lecturer at Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics. Then in 1991, Venu became a reader at the same institute. Since 1997 he has been a professor at Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics. Also, Thangaraj served as a director and head at that institute. Since 2013 he has been working as a professor of mathematics at Veltech Dr.RR & Dr.SR University (nowadays Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology).
Thangaraj is a member of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, Ramanujan Mathematical Society, Association of Mathematics Teachers of India and Operations Research Society of India.
Venu Thangaraj is married to Shantha Thangaraj. They have three children.