Baini Prashad OBE FRSE (13 March 1894 – 18 January 1969) was an Indian zoologist who specialized chiefly in malacology and ichthyology.
Prashad was born at Kirtarpur to Rai Sahib Devi Das, who was an administrative officer in the government in Punjab.
He was appointed to the department of fisheries in Calcutta in 1918 during which time he collaborated with T. Southwell on research on the Indian shad Hilsa ilisha and its parasites.
Prashad became the third permanent director of the ZSI and the first Indian to hold the position following the retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel Sewell in 1934.
Prashad also helped translate The Maathir-Ul-Umarâ, a biography of Timurid rulers from Persian to English.