The nominee for the gubernatorial assignment in Shillong, V. Shanmughanathan (65), is perhaps the first person from Thanjavur district to be appointed Governor of a State.
Mr. Shanmughanathan had his primary education at the Veeraraghava High School here before completing his college education in Tiruchi.
A bachelor, Mr. Shanmughanathan started off his social life as a full time pracharak of RSS in Pudukkottai around 1970, went of to become Saha Prandha Pracharak in 1980 and rose to the position of Prandha Pracharak for Tamil Nadu in 1986.