Dr. Venkat B. Rao received his medical degree from South India and obtained speciality training in All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi . He received fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and from the University of Ottawa. He has been in practice in Kitchener, Waterloo area in Ontario since 1970.
Venkat is interested in spirituality, in general, and karma yoga and kriya yoga in particular. He has been involved as a board member in the management of Brahmarishi Mission and Yogashram. It is a natural for him to be part of SHEN.