Mr Rao was born on 27^th November 1942; he is a Graduate of Commerce and a graduate in Law from Osmania University. He qualified as Chartered Accountant in November 1964 examination. After serving in a Bank for five years, he switched to his profession on 1^st March 1970. With his specialisation in Direct Tax Laws, with special emphasis on search and seizure cases. Presently he is active in an advisory role as a Senior Consultant in the profession. He has been associated with the academic work of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India from 1975 till 2018. He was also actively associated with professional seminars at the local and regional participation until 2018.

Authored a monograph on 'Tax Jurisprudence' for the Hyderabad Chapter of ICAI, monographs' Chits Accounting and Taxation' and 'Reassessment' for Andhra Pradesh Tax Bar Association and Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on the topic of 'Survey' under Income-tax Act, 1961, for the All India Federation of Tax Practitioners, Mumbai, which has been revised periodically.