For postgraduate studies, Prasad enrolled at the United Theological College, Bangalore in 1979[REF] where he specialised in the Old Testament under Theodore N. Swanson and E. C. John, a direct student of Gerhard von Rad and Claus Westermann.
After a period of ecclesiastical ministry as presbyter and teacher of the Old Testament, Prasad carried out research at the University of Aberdeen,[REF] Scotland where some of his companions from India included Siga Arles[REF] and others.