Palanivel Thiagarajan

Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan
Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services Tamil Nadu
Assumed office
11 May 2023
Chief MinisterM. K. Stalin
Preceded byMano Thangaraj
Finance Minister in The Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
7 May 2021  10 May 2023
Chief MinisterM. K. Stalin
Preceded byO. Panneerselvam
Succeeded byThangam Thennarasu
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
25 May 2016
Preceded byR. Sundarrajan
ConstituencyMadurai Central
Personal details
Born (1966-03-07) 7 March 1966
Madurai, Madras State
(now Tamil Nadu), India
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
SpouseMargaret Thiagarajan
RelationsP. T. Rajan (grandfather)
Children2
Parent(s)Rukmani (mother)
P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan (father)
Alma materThe Lawrence School, Lovedale
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (BTech)
University at Buffalo (M.S., PhD)
MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA)
Websitehttp://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.