Rajaram was born to B S Ramaswamy Iyer, a Superintending Engineer with the Public Works Department (PWD) in Madurai in the Madras Presidency in 1917.

With the outbreak of World War II, civilian pilots were invited to join the Indian Air Force Volunteer Reverse.

[citation needed] "Rajaram was a very calm and humane person, with an incisive brain and a tremendous sense of humour.

Extremely loyal and devoted to the service, he had a knack of getting on with all kinds of people, whatever their status in life.

By 1942, now Flying Officer Rajaram underwent specialised training in fighter reconnaissance and converted to the Hawker Hurricane aircraft.

[citation needed] In 1950, he was promoted Group Captain and took command of Tambaram Air Force Station.

In 1960, he was promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal and took over as the senior directing staff at the National Defence College.

[7] He led the Indian Air Force's operations in the Western theatre during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

[9] After a short stint as Commandant NDC, he assumed office of the Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCAS) in December 1966.

His body was carried in a procession from the residence of the Vice Chief at No.6, King George's Avenue (now Rajaji Marg) to the Nigambodh Ghat.