Prof. Ananthapuram Gopinath Rao

• Born in 1945 and graduated as a Mechanical Engineer.

• He went on to pursue his post-graduation in Product Design at the National Institute of Design,
  Ahmedabad.

• He spent about nine months in the USA under a UNESCO fellowship, studying creativity at MIT
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and other places since 1980.

• He worked as the Head of IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, between 1987-1990.

• Became a core faculty at IDC developing Basic Design, Product Design, Creativity, and Design
   philosophy courses.

• He became a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Bamboo &  Rattan.

• Is the Founder Member of the M.Des Programme at IDC School of Design

• He was a member of the Board of Directors for Boroplast Ltd.

• He even established a Bamboo Studio at IDC, giving a new direction to design bamboo with a
  Social cause.

• He initiated 20 mini bamboo clusters in the villages of India with Design and Technology Assistance.