He was also a nephew of Sir Raghunath Paranjpe (R. P. Paranjpe), first Indian to top the tripos Math exam at Cambridge.
-- American ambassador to India during Kennedy administration Prof. John Kenneth Galbraith has described him as a mathematician of most wonderful appearance and vigour in his book Ambassador's Journal. (They met during the function to welcome the ambassador when he visited University of Pune). He was also a classmate of noted Cambridge economist A.C. Pigou. -->