Dr. Rao GS is a retired Professor, who has worked in various universities around the globe for the last 40 years after obtaining his PhD from IIT Chennai in 1977. In addition to his 50 research publications in journals and conferences he has written 10 textbooks for universities and high schools in the field of computers, engineering and office automation including three books for Kindergarten kids on Computers, published by Prentice Hall, Longmen’s, World Scientific, Oxford South East branch, Malaysia, etc.
Rao’s latest book for children on Coronavirus was published by WorldScientific in December 2020. https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12077.
Rao's name is famous as an author in many countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Mauritius, Botswana, Pakistan and the Caribbean Islands.
Now, Rao lives with his retired professor wife, Devi, in Toronto, Canada, writing Hindu religious books for children. He has four grandchildren.