Srividhya Rajendran was born in Jan 1977 in Bangalore India. She has a younger sister and brother. Her younger sister Dr. Geetha Rajendranand brother in law Sanket Joshi have done phD in microbiology from MSU university Baroda, India. Her brother Krishnaswami has done his B.E. and M.E in chemical engineer from IIT Madras and IISc Bangalore .He is working with the research divison in Shell, Bangalore, India. Her father Mr. T.K Rajendran is a chemical engineer in Department of Atomic enegry and her mother Bhagyalakshmi is a homewmaker.

Standing(from Left to Right): Kittu (my brother), Geetha (My Sis), Sanket (Geetha's Husband), Sitting (Left to Right): Me, Mom and Dad.

She is married to a fellow phD candidate Prashant Kumar Tarun who is doing his PhD from Industrial, Manufacturing Systems Engineering department in Operations Research.

Me and Prashant.