thiruvenkatachari was born in srirangam to v. t. krishnamachari and his wife rangammal on 30 january 1904. he was the second child and the eldest son of the couple. thiruvenkatachari was educated at presidency college, madras and studied law at the madras law college. on completion of his education, thiruvenkatachari worked as a junior under s. srinivasa iyengar and sir alladi krishnaswami ayyar. in 1950, the newly constituted republic of india consulted him on the companies act.