K.V DEVI PRASAD

Biography

Devi Prasad is currently the Counsellor (Science & Technology) in the Embassy of India at Berlin.

Prior to that Devi PRASAD was Professor & Coordinator Sustainable Development Programme in the Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences wher he teaches theoretical ecology, environmental policy and law. He coordinates a MASTER'S PROGRAMME in Sustainable Development specially funded by the University Grants Commission of India He has been the head and coordinator of Salim Ali School of Ecology and Environment Sciences from 1992 to 1997. Prior to that, he was responsible for planning and developing the curricula for the master's programs at Pondicherry University. He is interested in developing computer models to assist in the understanding of ecological processes and resource management. He has undertaken efforts to introduce studies in Sustainable development as a separate interdisciplinary area. He has a Ph.D. in biophysics from Purdue University in West Lafayette (USA). His Ph Dresearch involved the interaction of DNA with radiation.

This biography was last updated on May 7, 2008