S Madhuri Rao’s areas of interest include the evolution of ideas, movements and practices in the disciplines of architecture and design. Madhuri Rao is a graduate from BMS, Bangalore and post-graduate in Theory & Design from CEPT, Ahmedabad. She is a practicing  architect and has taught post-graduate and undergraduate courses in History, Theory and Design at CEPT Ahmedabad, DSCA, BMSSA and RVCA, Bangalore.