Prof. Prasanna Rao, associate dean (PG studies) holds a B.Arch degree from MCE Hassan and a PG Diploma in Urban Design from CEPT, Ahmedabad. His initial academic interest was in the complexity of city stakeholders and aspects of governance in producing social spaces. As academic engagement progressed, his interest modified to Historiography as a key aspect in understating the city and its influence in the city and regional context. This shift, he finds to be very enriching academically to set up a new direction for any future academic engagement. He feels that under the Urban Design programme (M ARCH), academically there is a big scope for archiving the data that is produced and publishing the same will be one of his objectives along with continuous academic engagement.