Dr. V. Bhanumathy, M.D., graduated from Madras Medical College, Madras. She entered Tamilnadu Medical Service and worked at several places including Thanjavur. She retired as Additional professor from Madras Medical College. Later she worked at Meenakshi Medical College & Research Institute at Kanchipuram. She is living at her ancestral house " Shivner " in Chennai.Her son Dr. Dhananjai M. Rao is an Associate Professor at Miami University USA. Daughter Deepa Panth is a Manager in a Nationalised Insurance Company. She has three grandchildren. Her husband is V. Madhava Rao.