Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan
Government of Tamil Nadu
Dr. Palanivel Thiaga Rajan is the Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services in the Tamil Nadu Government. He previously served as the Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management.
During his tenure as Finance Minister, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu nominated Dr Rajan to the Goods & Service Tax Council (GST Council) to represent the Government of Tamil Nadu. Dr Rajan was also a member of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on System Reforms (standing committee) and Taxation Reforms for Casinos, Race Courses, and Online Gaming.
Before entering Politics, Dr Rajan worked as an International Investment Banker for over 20 years. He held senior leadership roles at Lehman Brothers in New York and Standard Chartered in Singapore.
Dr Rajan holds a B.Tech from NIT, Trichy, MS in Operations Research & PhD in Human Factors Engineering/Engineering Psychology) from the State University of New York and an MBA in Financial Management from MIT Sloan School of Management.