Bayyarapu Prasada Rao (Telugu: బయ్యారపు ప్రసాద రావు; 11 September 1955 – 10 May 2021)[1] was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the 1979 batch of the state of Andhra Pradesh who served as the Director General (DGP) of Andhra Pradesh Police.
[2] He was appointed in charge Director General of Police (DGP) of Andhra Pradesh on 30 September 2013.
[5] After his retirement he served as Professor in Physics and Director (Training, Placements and Industry Interface) at Bharat Institutions, Hyderabad.
[7][8] He also served as vice-chairman and managing director of AP State Road Transport Corporation.
A post-graduate in physics from IIT Madras, Prasada Rao joined the police service in 1979 and was allotted the AP cadre.