Prakasam belonged to the Krishna Association of the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars and hailed from Akiveedu.
During the tenure of Prakasam, revisions of the Bible in the Telugu language were periodically held by the Old Testament scholars Graham Ogden, G. Babu Rao[6] and G. D. V. Prasad and the New Testament scholar Jonadob Nathaniel from the Bible Society of India, Bangalore.
Prakasam was also instrumental in the modernisation[3] of the auxiliary, ensuring that the Translations, Distribution,[3] and Resource Mobilisation areas were developed.
After serving nearly 17 years of distinguished work at the auxiliary, Prakasam breathed his last on 18 July 1998[2] in Visakhapatnam.
To fill the unexpected void, the Bible Society of India appointed[7] Prakasam's confidant and Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary Old Testament Common Language Translation Coordinator G. Babu Rao, who was a lecturer at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Secunderabad, and well versed with the Bible Society work as translator[6] since 1973[8][9] from the period of B. G. Prasada Rao.