| Dr Kamini A. Rao | |
| Birth Date: | 1953 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Alma Mater: | St. John's Medical College, Bangalore |
| Profession: | Medical Director, Milann and Gynaecologist |
| Specialism: | Reproductive Medicine, Assisted Reproductive Techniques |
| Prizes: | Padma Shri award for Medicine-Reproductive Medicine in 2014 |
Dr. Kamini A. Rao is a pioneer in the field of Assisted Reproduction in India. She has specialized in reproductive endocrinology, ovarian physiology and assisted reproductive technology and has been awarded the Padma Sri, one of India's highest civilian awards. Dr. Kamini A. Rao is the medical director at Milann – Centre for Reproductive Medicine (A Unit of BACC Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.).[1]
Her early education was at Bishop Cotton Girls' High School, Bangalore. Then she studied medicine at St. John's Medical College, Bangalore. Dr. Kamini has been professionally trained in Fetal Invasive Therapy under Prof. Kypros Nicolaides, Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, King's College School of Medicine, London, U.K and has undergone Laser Surgery training in South Cleveland Hospital, Middlesbrough, U.K., under Prof. Ray Garry.
Rao is credited with the birth of India's First SIFT Baby. She has the distinction of having set up South India ‘s first Semen Bank as well as having engineered South India's First Babies born through ICSI (Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection) as well as through Laser Assisted Hatching. Trained in the United Kingdom, she returned to India to set up the Reproductive Medicine Clinic, BACC Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. now known as Milann – Centre for Reproductive Medicine, a center that attracts patients not only from all over India but also from many other parts of the world like the U.K., U.S.A, South East Asia, Middle East as well as our neighboring countries.