Baba Prasad

Baba Prasad, president and CEO of Vivékin Group, is a leading thinker in the area of management strategy and innovation. Prasad studied computer science and artificial intelligence and robotics at universities in India and the USA. He holds a PhD in operations and information management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Prasad is a Sloan Fellow at the Wharton School and visiting professor of management at the International Institute for Information Technology, Hyderabad. He has been a technology strategy consultant on Wall Street, and has served as faculty in the business schools at Purdue University and the University of Minnesota.

Prasad and his wife, Professor Leela Prasad of Duke University, also work in economically underprivileged elementary schools in Hyderabad. They helped to set up Aksharavani, a school for children of migrant construction workers, in the city. They are currently making a documentary film titled Moved by Gandhi. Prasad lives across two continents and is a fitness enthusiast.