Mr. Prasad has Doctorate in Physics from Purdue University in 1984 after getting Masters from IIT, Madras in 1979 and Bachelors from University of Madras in 1977 (Gold Medals; First Rank).
He had joined the then newly formed Pondicherry University as Officer-in-Charge of Academic Planning in 1986 and became reader in 1987 at the Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University.
He was also elected to the Management Board of the India Chapter in 2006. He has worked as the Coordinator of Sustainable Development (Masters) Programme in Pondicherry University (2005-08). More recently (2008-June 2011), he served as a Counsellor (S&T), in the Embassy of India, Berlin.