India, Feb. 16 -- Mysore Rosewood Inlay Art, renowned worldwide and protected with a Geographical Indication (GI) tag, continues to draw admirers for its elegance and intricate craftsmanship.

While the art form has traditionally been preserved by generations of artisans, one of its new torchbearers comes from an unlikely background: Information Technology.

B. Mohan Kumar, a resident of N.R. Mohalla, is a software engineer by profession and an inlay artist by passion. Smitten by the beauty of this unique art form since childhood, he formally embraced it only seven years ago.

What began as a quiet pursuit alongside a professional software engineering career has since grown into a full-fledged artistic journey, marked by thousands of comp...