An accomplished Delivery & Practice Leader with 25 years of IT Industry experience in his 37 years of long Career, with Tech Mahindra ( 16 Yrs ) and  DRDO Missile Division (21 Yrs). Founder of Tech M Performance Engineering Practice and was responsible for the practice growth to 500 people strong.

His teams executed projects across verticals around the Globe.  With a M Tech in Computer Science from University of Roorkee( Now IIT Roorkee ) and  M.Sc in Mathematics from OU ,  Rao is an Avid Lerner & Technology Researcher, published papers in International Seminars and Symposiums. Now he is a Board Member & Group CTO in TechEra, responsible for steering the APE practice and Technology leadership across the group.