Anant Raje
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Anant Damodar Raje was an Indian architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 and intellectual

Early life

Ananth Raje was born in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India. He studied at the Sir J. J. College of Architecture
Sir J. J. College of Architecture
Sir J. J. College of Architecture is the premier Architecture institution in India. It is located in downtown Mumbai and is affiliated to University of Mumbai.-History:...

.

Career

He worked with Louis Kahn
Louis Kahn
Louis Isadore Kahn was an American architect, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935...

 in Philadelphia, where he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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. 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
CEPT University
Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University is an academic institution located in Ahmedabad, India offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in areas of natural and developed environment of human society and related disciplines.-History:The , a premier educational body...

, Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

. He also taught at the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
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, 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
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

, India, the Forest Management Institute in Bhopal, India and the Institute of Statistics in New Delhi
New Delhi
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