I am part geek, part gayak (musician). The others are left as an exercise to me.

My father, Dilip M. Ranade is a Principal Development Manager at Microsoft Corp.. Before, he has managed engineering teams in Symantec Corp, Veritas Software India Ltd, etc. He received his B.Tech from I.I.T Powai (Mumbai) and an M.Tech. from University of Pune. He has authored "Shared Data Clusters" (John Wiley & Sons (2002)), several papers and patents.

My mother, Mridula D. Ranade is a M.Sc. Zoology and Ph.D. in Education. Currently a Reader in the Post Graduate Department of Education, S.N.D.T University. Pune, she has consistently been a University rank-holder. She has presented several papers in national and international conferences.