Dinesh
Rajan is from the city of Chennai, (formerly Madras) located in Southern India.
He completed his high schooling from Padma Seshadri
Bala Bhavan Junior College, Madras. He received his B.Tech degree from Indian Institute of TEchnology
(IIT), Madras in Electrical Engineering in 1997. He was also awarded the M.S
and Ph.D degrees from Rice University, Houston, Texas
both in the areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is currently
Department Chair and Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at
Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas.