Dr Kamini Rao is the daughter of eminent Gynaecologist Dr P.R. Desai and homemaker mother Mrs. Parimala Desai. Dr Rao’s father, Dr. P. R. Desai was the Director of Health & Family Welfare Services for the Govt. of Karnataka and the first male Gynaecologist of the State. He was the senior-most founder of the Bangalore Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology and was thrice elected its President. Her entire family is from medical profession with all but one sibling being an engineer.

With her father as a role model, watching his dedication to his patients and career, his relentless hard work, Dr Kamini decided to follow her father’s footsteps and become a doctor. She was always very excited and interested to follow him at work.