Prasad co-founded
Penoyre & Prasad in 1988 with Greg Penoyre. In 2008 Prasad was appointed a member of the Mayor's Design Advisory Panel for London. He served two terms as a member of the
Mayor of London’s
Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group helping select art works for
Trafalgar Square. He is a trustee of the think tank
Centre for Cities and of
Article 25, a charity set up in response to the
2005 Indian Ocean earthquake and is currently President of the Architects Benevolent Society. From 2007 to 2009 Prasad was President of the
RIBA. He has campaigned on issues relating to
climate change and the built environment and was listed 26th in the ''Independent's'' 2008 Green List. In 2008 as part of the
Cape Farewell programme, Prasad travelled to Greenland with a team of artists and scientists, creating an
art installation that has been exhibited through the travelling exhibition 'Unfold'. He became a Trustee of Cape Farewell in 2010. Prasad was a founding Commissioner of the UK Government's
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE); launched its Enabling Programme and later led its work on Skills. He was involved in the development of the
Construction Industry Council’s
Design Quality Indicator. Prasad has campaigned for an equitable and effective climate treaty. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the UK Government's Innovation & Growth Team on Low Carbon construction which reported in November 2010. Prasad has contributed extensively to books and journals on a variety of subjects. He has been involved in teaching, lecturing and acting as an external examiner. Already
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), he was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the
2023 Birthday Honours for services to regeneration. == References ==