| Biography | |
| 1949-1953 | Studied fine art under Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhry at The College of Art, Madras |
| 1953-1955 | Post Graduate studies in fine art at Ecole de Beaux Arts |
| 1957-1959 | Bhulabhai Desai Institute, Bombay |
| 1960-1979 | National Institute of Design Ahmedabad |
| 1979-2000 | Based in Chennai as an independent designer and artist |
| 2000–2010 | Based in Alibagh, near Mumbai - the place of Dashrath Patel Museum |
| Awards: | |
| 1965-66 | Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship for Study of Design & Architecture, USA. |
| 1980 | Awarded Padmashri by the givernment of India for Design & Design Education |
| 2007 | Awarded ‘Grandmaster of Design’ at the Icograda design week in India |
| Exhibitions: | |
| 1964 | ‘India Pavilion’, New York World Fair |
| 1965 | Nehru Exhibition, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Chile |
| 1969 | ‘World is My Family’ Gandhi Centenary Exhibition, New Delhi |
| 1972 | ‘Theme Pavilion’, ASIA ‘72, New Delhi |
| 1984 | Exhibition Design, Vishwakarma (Master Weaver), New Delhi |
| 1985 | Inaugural events of ‘Festival of India’, France |
| 1987 | Inaugural events of ‘Fesival of India’ USSR |