Rajendra Prasad was born in Saharanpur, India, in 1953. He received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) from Meerut University, Meerut, India, in 1973, and the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, in 1977, 1979, and 1990, respectively. From 1979 to 1983, he has served as an Assistant Engineer with Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, Madhya Pradesh, India. From 1983 to 1996, he was a Lecturer with the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Roorkee. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India, from 1996 to 2001, where he was an Associate Professor from 2001 to 2009. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee. He has authored or co-authored around 200 papers in various journals/conferences and received 12 awards on his publications in various national/international journals/conferences proceeding papers. His current research interests include statistics, data analysis, control, optimization, system engineering and model order reduction of large-scale systems.