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{{Infobox person
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| name = Kodavatiganti Rohini Prasad
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| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2012|09|08}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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| occupation = Scientist, Author
| nationality = [[India]]n
| education = [[Ph.D]] in [[Nuclear Physics]]
| alma_mater = [[Andhra University]], <br/> [[Bombay University]]
| father = [[Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao]]
| mother = Varudhini
| spouse = Lalita
| children = Karthik, Yamini
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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 the Telugu writer [[Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao]].<ref name="rohiniprasadk">{{cite web|title=Rohini Prasad, Writer|url=http://rohiniprasadk.s5.com/writer.htm|website=rohiniprasadk.s5.com|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref> Kodavatiganti wrote books on [[Science]], [[Music]], and other subjects in his mother tongue [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref name="kinige">{{cite web|title=Books by Kodavatiganti Rohini Prasad on Kinige|url=http://kinige.com/author/Kodavatiganti+Rohini+Prasad|website=kinige.com|publisher=Kinige|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="avkf">{{cite web|title=Books by Kodavatiganti Rohini Prasad|url=http://www.avkf.org/BookLink/view_authors.php?cat_id=2903|website=avkf.org|publisher=AVK Foundation|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref> He also wrote in several online magazines.<ref name="eemaata">{{cite web|title=Articles by Kodavatiganti Rohini Prasad|url=http://eemaata.com/em/authors?aa=%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF%20%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A3%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E2%80%8C|website=eemaata.com|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref> He also researched the [[Hindustani classical music]].

==Personal life==
Rohini Prasad was born to [[Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao]], Varudhini. His maternal uncle [[Kommuri Sambasiva Rao]] is a Telugu author.<ref name="Anuvula Sakti">{{cite book|last1=Rohini Prasad|first1=Kodavatiganti|title=Anuvula Sakti|date=1 June 2012|publisher=Hyderabad Book Trust|location=Hyderabad|page=VI|edition=First|url=http://preview.kinige.com/previews/bulk/free_AnuvulaShakti.pdf|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref> 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 PhD from Bombay University for his research on Radio Activity devices. He worked there for 30 years and then retired. After his retirement he worked as a consultant in [[Atlanta]], United States. He also worked as a consultant in [[Electronics Corporation of India Limited|ECIL]].

==Death==
He died on 8 September 2012 in Mumbai from complications related to [[Diabetes mellitus|Diabetes]].{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} As he was a rationalist and a scientist , his family decided to donate his body to a medical college instead of the customary cremation<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Rohiniprasad's Body for Medical Research - TeluguPeople.com News|url=http://www.telugupeople.com/News/news.asp?newsID=77159|access-date=2021-08-23|website=www.telugupeople.com}}</ref>.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

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[[Category:Scientists from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Telugu writers]]
[[Category:Indian nuclear physicists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian physicists]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:Andhra University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]

Kodavatiganti Rohini Prasad - Revision history

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