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T.R. Krishnamachari & Vijayalakshmi Krishnamachari
The head of the family, Tenparai Raghavachari Krishnamachari, is a retired Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) officer who has been a Director of External Audit at the United Nations in New York besides working for the Government of India in a number of positions. Before joining the Civil Services, he obtained his B.Sc. at St. Joseph's College, Trichy. He later obtained a post-graduate diploma in development economics at Wolfson College, Cambridge University. He has recently published a memoir of his experiences, titled "Events Extraordinary", Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (2000).
Vijayalakshmi is the wife of T.R. Krishnamachari, and a mother extraordinaire. Her four sons are Venkatesh, Ramesh, Sudhakar, and Bhaskar. She has studied for a B.A. in History, and has read widely. She is a talented singer of Carnatic music (a traditional south Indian style of music), and teaches vocal music to youngsters.
Venkatesh
Venkatesh is the eldest son of T.R. Krishnamachari and Vijayalaksmi. He obtained his B.A. honors in English Literature from Delhi University. He is a chess player and chess journalist, having written hundreds of articles on the subject for national newspapers in India such as the Statesman, Indian Express etc. He is the author of a book, titled "Discover Chess", meant to introduce the game of chess to youngsters. He has written a journal paper on the relevance of chess in Shakespeare's plays and is currently working on projects linking chess and human history. He has also written a number of poems in English.
Ramesh, Meeta & Aditya
Ramesh is the second son in this family. He obtained his B.Sc. and M.Tech. in Dairy Technology at the National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal, India. Meeta and Ramesh were married in 1994, and have a cute, cute, boy named Aditya. They live in Sydney, Australia, where Ramesh works at Tetra Pak, a worldwide leader in packaging and processing systems.
Sudhakar & Shylaja
Sudhakar is the third son. He obtained his B.Arch. from Roorkee University and an International M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne (UIUC). He was a practicing architect for many years and currently works on software development projects pertaining to Architecture. Shylaja and Sudhakar were married in September 1999. Shylaja works at a local school as a teacher.
Bhaskar, Zhen & Shriram
Bhaskar is the youngest of the four brothers. He came with his parents to the U.S. in 1993. He obtained his Ph.D. from Cornell University, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. Zhen and Bhaskar moved to Los Angeles after they were married in August 2002. In July 2003, they had a baby boy --- Shriram.