Anupam "Anu" Banerji was a professor of architecture and artist. Banerji was born in Kolkata, India to Asutosh and Paun Bala Banerji. He spent 10 years studying, teaching and exhibiting art in the United States before joining the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo in 1970, where he spent the remainder of his career. He was named full professor in 1988. In addition to teaching in the School of Architecture, Banerji taught in the School of planning and courses in environmental design. In 1981 he designed the addition to the Graduate House. Banerji died on August 23, 2015.