Palanivel Thiagarajan
Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan | |
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| Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services Tamil Nadu | |
| Assumed office 11 May 2023 | |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Preceded by | Mano Thangaraj |
| Finance Minister in The Government of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 7 May 2021 – 10 May 2023 | |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Preceded by | O. Panneerselvam |
| Succeeded by | Thangam Thennarasu |
| Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 25 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | R. Sundarrajan |
| Constituency | Madurai Central |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1966 Madurai, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India |
| Political party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Spouse | Margaret Thiagarajan |
| Relations | P. T. Rajan (grandfather) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Rukmani (mother) P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan (father) |
| Alma mater | The Lawrence School, Lovedale National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (BTech) University at Buffalo (M.S., PhD) MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA) |
| Website | http://www.ptrmadurai.com/ |
Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan (PTR) (born 7 March 1966) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of Information Technology and Digital Services of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in 2016 and 2021 from Madurai Central.