I was born in Chennai on 11 May 2001 and moved to Bangalore in August 2001. My father, Dr. Ganesaraman K, heads global Internal Audit at [24]7.ai. He completed his Ph.D. in June 2021 with the Department of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore under the supervision of Prof. MH Bala Subrahmanya. His thesis is titled "Tech Startup Failures in India: Causal Attributes, Life Expectancy, and Exits". My mother, Gayathri, is a school teacher in the subjects of Mathematics, English, and Accountancy. My sister, Anutthama, is in her final year of undergraduate. She is an occasional blogger. You can find her work here.Â