Dr. Prasad was a Post-Doctoral Fellow of prestigious DST-CSI- Cognitive Science and received training in translational neuroscience at Capital Medical University, Beijing. He received over 4 million INR worth of research grants and conducts randomized controlled trials on physiotherapy, back-care and education. His research works received media focus to name a few; TOI[link], DNA[link] and HP[link]. He has worked in various capacities such as clinical head, a member in clinical audit, library, media, the board of studies, academic council, research, assessment committees and team physio for national and international tournaments. He communicated numerous research papers, presented at conferences and contributed as a resource person. He is an 2019th cohort annual internal research grant winner and received an excellent scientific paper award 2019 for his RCT on extracorporeal shockwave therapy on frozen diabetic shoulder from The Society of Physical Therapy Science, Japan.

Education

• Bachelor of Physiotherapy from The TN Dr. MGR Medical University in 1998.
• Master in Sports Physiotherapy from Guru Nanak Dev University in 2002.
• Ph.D. in Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy from Guru Nanak Dev University in 2011.
• Graduate Diploma in Health Professions Education from Gulf Medical University in 2014.
• Certificate in interprofessional Education from the University of British Columbia in 2016.
• Certificate in Problem based learning from Maastricht University in 2017. 

Areas of interest

• Pain, back and postural control rehabilitation
• Evidence-based practice and education
• Executive function in preschoolers and play
• Creating dynamic curriculum and critical pedagogy
• Randomized controlled trials