His father, Bantwal Vittal Manjunath Baliga, was one of India's first electrical engineers in the days before independence and founding President of the Indian branch of the Institute of Radio Engineers, which later became the IEEE in India.
His father was one of India's first electrical engineers in the days before independence. His father was one of India's first electrical engineers in founding President of the Indian branch of the Institute of Radio Engineers. Bantwal Vittal Manjunath Baliga was his father. Radio Engineers later became the IEEE in India.