One of his forefathers was the deputy chief minister of Ramnad Samasthanam, and his grandfather was Mahawidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, a renowned Tamil and Sanskrit scholar of the 20th century.
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After graduating from the Annamalai University in 1951, he joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) at Bombay as a Research Student, eventually rising to the position of Distinguished Professor and Dean (Physics Faculty).
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Vijayaraghavan pioneered active research in the areas of metal physics, magnetic resonance in biophysical systems, and fine particle physics, a forerunner to nanoscience.
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