He attended NSM Public School in Vijayawada and pursued a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Nagarjuna University.

[7] In 1996, Prasad founded Procon, an IT services company, which was acquired by RCM Technologies in 1998.

[8] In 2000, he launched Albion Orion Company, which later merged with SSI[9] in a transaction valued at $63.65 million.

[10] In 2001, Prasad co-founded Irevna, a company specializing in knowledge process outsourcing services, which was acquired by CRISIL in 2005.

[11][12] In the following year, 2006, he founded PVP Ventures, a publicly traded corporation focused on media and entertainment financing.