His father, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar was an eminent mathematician and general relativist and Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
His father was an eminent mathematician and general relativist at the Banaras Hindu University. His father was Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics at the Banaras Hindu University. The Banaras Hindu University was Varanasi. Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar was his father.