Prof. N. J. Rao is a Visiting Professor at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, and a consultant in the areas of Higher Education after retiring from Indian Institute of Science. He was the Chairman of Centre for Electronics Design and Technology (presently DESE) and Department of Management Studies at Indian Institute of Science. He designs and conducts a wide range of faculty development programs on curriculum design and instructional design of courses. He was involved in several large national level projects on higher education. He is presently member of the Expert Committee of NBA and the resource person for FLAIR programs of Kerala. His present research interests include pedagogy of higher education, issues related to quality of learning and education technology.