Anant Raje

Anant Damodar Raje (September 26, 1929 - June 27, 2009) was an Indian architect and intellectual

Early life

Ananth Raje was born in Mumbai, India. He studied at the Sir J. J. College of Architecture.

Career

He worked with Louis Kahn in Philadelphia, where he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania. As Kahn's student, he devoted his life to see the completion of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, which Kahn did not live to see completed.

For over thirty years he has taught at the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He also taught at the University of New Mexico, in The United States of America, and was a visiting professor at many universities in America and Europe.

His well known works include the Executive Management Centre at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India, the Forest Management Institute in Bhopal, India and the Institute of Statistics in New Delhi.

Death

Raje died on 27 June 2009.

References

• "He was a teacher and an institution". The Times of India. 1 July 2009. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/He-was-a-teacher-and-an-institution/articleshow/4721898.cms. 

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