When the Evangelist
A. B. Masilamani retired as the Auxiliary Secretary of the
Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary, Prasada Rao was appointed by rural Pastor,
A. E. Inbanathan, the then General Secretary of the
Bible Society of India. Then Bishop - in - Medak,
H. D. L. Abraham loaned the services of Prasada Rao to the
Bible Society of India. It was during Prasada Rao's tenure at the Bible Society of India that Common Language Translation of the Telugu Bible (Old Testament) was undertaken by Suppogu Israel and G. Babu Rao. Incidentally, G. Babu Rao later became the Auxiliary Secretary between 1998 and 2001. In 1975,
H. D. L. Abraham retired from the Bishopric of Medak on reaching superannuation. B. G. Prasada Rao also contested the vacant Bishopric and was declared elected by the then Moderator of the Synod of the Church of South India,
N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel. Prasada Rao was principally consecrated in 1976 by
N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel, then Moderator. In 1981, Prasada Rao retired from the Bishopric on reaching superannuation and became Coordinator and Director for the Haggai Institute of World Evangelism. ==References==