Sri Rajangam

[7] After completing his education as a mechanical engineer, Sri Rajangam first worked for 4 years at Negapatam (Nagapattinam) at the shops (central workshop before it was moved to Trichy in 1928) there.

In 1936, he was elected as associate member of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers (ILE) and served as the honorary secretary of the South India branch for many years.

[8] In their official obituary,[7] the ILE described him as "one of the most progressive Locomotive men in India" and acknowledged his many ideas and suggestions that were incorporated in the workshops of the SIR.

In 1922, he married Lakshmi Rajangam (1910–2009), a famous Carnatic classical music composer, vocalist and violinist and litterateur, who was the daughter of T.S.

[7][8] After his early death, his wife Lakshmi brought up their remaining 3 young children while she worked at All India Radio, Trichy as a Carnatic musician as well as a writer of published essays and one-act plays.