Bishop Emeritus T. S. Kanaka Prasad[3] was the sixth successor of Frank Whittaker and seventh Bishop–in–Medak for the Diocese of Medak of the Church of South India (CSI) during the period 2009–2012.
During the bishopric of H. D. L. Abraham, Kanaka Prasad entered the priesthood and studied spirituality in ecclesiastical institutions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Kanaka Prasad first underwent a year of propadeutic studies at the STBC-Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological College in Ramayapatnam in Nellore district during the principalship of Louis F. Knoll[4] where he was also taught by the Old Testament scholar, G. Solomon and the Church historian R. Joseph.
After a year of study at Ramayapatnam, Kanaka Prasad moved to the Andhra Christian Theological College[4] then located at Rajahmundry where he enrolled for spiritual studies during the principalship of W. D. Coleman and studied under notable faculty including G. Devasahayam, W. P. Peery, G. Solomon, M. Victor Paul, S. Joseph, Victor Premasagar, B. E. Devaraj, Eric J. Lott, Muriel Spurgeon Carder and Waldo Penner.
[4] Kanaka Prasad then studied at the Andhra Christian Theological College, which by then had moved to Hyderabad,[4] during the period of the Old Testament scholars, Victor Premasagar, CSI and G. Babu Rao, CBCNC.