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Kodavatiganti Rohini Prasad (14 September 1949 – 8 September 2012) was an author and retired scientist of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. He is the son of well known Telugu writer Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao. He wrote books on Science, Music, and other subjects in his mother tongue Telugu. He also wrote in several online magazines. He was also an expert in Hindustani classical music.
Personal life
Rohini Prasad was born to Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao, Varudhini. His maternal uncle Kommuri Sambasiva Rao is also a famous Telugu author. He completed M.Sc in Nuclear physics from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. After that he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay as a research scientist. He got his Ph.D from Bombay University for his research on Radio Activity devices. He worked there for 30 years and retired. After his retirement he worked as a consultant in Atlanta, United States. He also worked as a consultant in ECIL.
Death
He died on 8 September 2012 in Mumbai from complications related toDiabetes. As he was a strict rationalist and a scientist himself, his family decided to donate his body to a medical college instead of the customary cremation.