Shri BK. Rao had a brilliant academic record and topped BSc Honours and MSc (Research) in Geology at Andhra University., Visakhapatnam. He joined the Indian Administrative Service(IAS) in 1954 and had an illustrious career both in the State Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Central Government, where he retired as a Secretary to Government of India in the Ministry of Steel and Mines. In addition to senior State Government positions, during the course of his career he held senior State Government positions, during the course of his career he held senior positions like Add. Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Water Resources, Director General of Shipping Chairman, Visakhapatnam Port Trust and Deputy Director General, All India Radio and Television. He established several institutions and since his retirement from services, held advisory roles for various organizations. He was awarded the Tata Gold Medal in 1989 by the Indian Institutions of Metals for Outstanding Service to Metallurgical Industries and the John Dunn Medal by the Mining and Metallurgical Society of India for Outstanding Services to the Mining Industry. In his ninth decade of life he continues to stay active, intellectually engaged, and continues his interests in a wide array of topics ranging from Science, Mathematics to Metaphysics and Hinduism.