[1] Kodavatiganti wrote books on Science, Music, and other subjects in his mother tongue Telugu.
Rohini Prasad was born to Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao, Varudhini.
His maternal uncle Kommuri Sambasiva Rao is a Telugu author.
He got his PhD from Bombay University for his research on Radio Activity devices.
[citation needed] As he was a rationalist and a scientist , his family decided to donate his body to a medical college instead of the customary cremation[6].