What is Chennai connection of second lady of US Usha Vance?

Chennai: Ms Usha Vance, wife of next US Vice President-designate J D Vance, has Chennai connection with the premier institution IIT-Madras.

She is the first Indian origin lady to become the Second Lady of US.

Her father Radhakrishan is a M.Tech student of IIT-Madras.

Her grandfather Rama Sastri was the first HoD of Physics Department when IIT-Madras

came into being in Chennai.

He had served IIT-Madras in three terms and has also received special awards from

the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Bakthavatchalam for raising vegetable garden.

The archive photographs of the award presentation was also shared to a TV channel by

IIT-Madras Director Prof V.Kamakoti.

Later, the family migrated to United States and Ms Usha married Mr Vance and is

now all set for coronation as the second lady of US.