Babu is the first-ever police officer from Andhra Pradesh to be awarded the Ashoka Chakra, which is usually conferred on soldiers.

[citation needed] Prasad Babu was born in 1981 at Marturu, Visakhapatnam district, to Karanam Venkata Ramana Naidu and Satyavati.

[3] Prasad Babu joined the Andhra Pradesh Police service in 2004 and was later transferred to the elite Greyhounds division.

Prasad Babu led the retaliating team and played a key role in killing nine top ranked attackers and injuring others in two encounters.

[2][4] Babu is the first-ever police officer from Andhra Pradesh to be awarded the Ashok Chakra, which is usually conferred on soldiers.