Rathna Ramanathan
Rathna Ramanathan is a practising designer and senior lecturer from Chennai, India now based in London. She runs her own design studio Minus9 Design and leads the Design & Interaction subject area on the Graphic Communication Programme at Central St Martins College of Arts and Design, London. Through her studio, Rathna has worked with a range of clients including BBC World, Harvard University Press, Tara Books, World Bank, and UNICEF. She is ATypI's Country Delegate for India and advises on the design of Indic typefaces. Rathna holds a PhD in the History of Graphic Communication and Typography and her current research is concerned with the changing forms of typography and the book, particularly in the Indian context.