Sri Keshavram N. Iengar (b. 1928) graduated from Bombay University with a B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics and a Government Diploma in Architecture. He was also a student at the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, from 1948 to 1950. Starting his professional career as an architectural assistant at Madras, he was associated in the field of architecture for over twenty-five years with the Madras and Bangalore universities. Later, he was Professor of Architecture at the B.M.S. College, Bangalore. An amateur Hindustani Khayal singer, Sri Iengar was an exponent of the Gwalior Gharana of Hindustani classical music.