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{{Short description|Indian civil servant}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Prasad at news conference.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|10|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Razole, Andhra Pradesh]], India
| office = [[Chief Information Commissioner]], [[Haryana]]
| governor = [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Nayab Singh Saini]]
| successor =
| predecessor = Vijai Vardhan
| term_start = 27 May 2025
| office1 = [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]], [[Haryana]]
| governor1 = [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Nayab Singh Saini]]
| successor1 = [[Vivek Joshi]]
| predecessor1 = Sanjeev Kaushal
| term_start1 = 15 March 2024
| term_end1 = 31 October 2024
| office2 = Mission Director, [[National Mission for Clean Ganga]]
| 1blankname2 = President
| 1namedata2 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| 2blankname2 = Prime Minister
| 2namedata2 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| successor2 =
| predecessor2 =
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| office3 = Lead Economist, [[World Bank]]
| 1blankname3 = President
| 1namedata3 = [[Paul Wolfowitz]]
| 2blankname3 = Vice President
| 2namedata3 = Inger Anderson
| successor3 =
| predecessor3 =
| term_start3 =
| term_end3 =
| alma_mater = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad]]<br />[[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]], [[Harvard Kennedy School]]
}}

'''T.V.S.N. Prasad''' (born 14 October 1964) is an economist and Indian civil servant, currently serving as the Chief Information Commissioner of Haryana.<ref>{{cite news |title=TVSN Prasad sworn in as Haryana Chief Info Commissioner |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/tvsn-prasad-sworn-in-as-haryana-chief-info-commissioner-10031281/ |access-date=27 May 2025 |agency=Indian Express |date=27 May 2025}}</ref> He previously served as the Chief Secretary of Haryana.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saini |first1=Manvir |title=Haryana appoints TVSN Prasad as chief secretary |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/haryana-appoints-tvsn-prasad-as-chief-secretary/articleshow/108531839.cms |access-date=25 June 2025 |publisher=Times of India |date=15 March 2024}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Prasad was born in a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] family from [[East Godavari District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He obtained his Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from [[Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad]]. He later pursued a degree Masters in Public Administration from [[Harvard Kennedy School]] as an Edward S. Mason Fellow in Public Policy and Management and a John Kenneth Galbraith Scholar in Infrastructure Economics. He completed his PhD in Economics at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]] in August 2024.

==Career==
Prasad joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1988, serving in the Haryana Cadre. As an IAS officer, he has held numerous positions, including Deputy Commissioner, [[Rohtak]] and [[Kurukshetra]], Chief Administrator, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, and Principal Secretary, Department of Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Government of Haryana. During his stint in the Central Government between 2014 and 2018, Prasad served as Mission Director in the National Mission for Clean Ganga and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

[[File:Prasad taking oath.jpg|thumb|Dr. Prasad taking oath as Chief Information Commissioner]]

Earlier, he worked as a senior economist at the World Bank, contributing to its policies on power, oil and gas sectors, national economic policies, investments, and infrastructure expansion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nigeria's Energy Sector |url=https://iaee.org/en/publications/newsletterdl.aspx?id=72 |publisher=International Association of Energy Economics |access-date=25 June 2025}}</ref> He published several articles on economics, energy and infrastructure, including ''Monitoring Performance of Electric Utilities - Indicators and Benchmarking'' published by the World Bank in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/13030|title=Monitoring Performance of Electric Utilities : Indicators and Benchmarking in Sub-Saharan Africa|first1=Tallapragada V.S.N.|last1=Prasad|first2=Shkaratan|last2=Maria|first3=Izaguirre, Ada|last3=Karina|first4=Helleranta|last4=Jaakko|first5=Rahman|last5=Saifur|first6=Bergman|last6=Sten|date=30 December 2017|publisher= World Bank|accessdate=30 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tallapragada |first1=Prasad |title=Restructuring Paper on a Proposed Project Restructuring of Nigeria National Energy Development Project Credit to the Federal Republic of Nigeria |journal=World Bank |date=8 June 2010 |volume=Report No: 5491 2-NG |url=https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/450341468291914862/pdf/549120PJPR0P09101Official0Use0Only1.pdf |access-date=25 June 2025}}</ref>

He later worked in the Government of Haryana as Finance Secretary, Home Secretary and finally as Chief Secretary. After retirement, he served as the Distinguished Professor at NALSAR National Law University until he took over as Chief Information Commissioner of Haryana.<ref>{{cite news |title=NALSAR appoints Dr TVSN Prasad, Dr Sitharamam as Sr Professors |url=https://telanganatoday.com/hyderabad-nalsar-appoints-dr-tvsn-prasad-dr-sitharamam-as-sr-professors |access-date=27 May 2025 |agency=Telangana Today |publisher=Telangana Today |date=12 December 2024}}</ref>
At the end of his career, he and his government faced some criticism. In March 2024, Prasad simultaneously held multiple positions — chief secretary (during leave period of Sanjeev Kaushal, Prasad's predecessor), home secretary, and financial commissioner. Hemant Kumar appealed to the Election Commission, urging it to take corrective action to safeguard administrative efficiency. The Commission refrained from intervening; Prasad was later transferred from his home secretary and financial commissioner roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/in-haryana-questions-1-ias-officer-3-top-posts-9228738/|title=In Haryana, questions raised as 1 IAS officer occupies 3 top posts|first1=Sukhbir|last1=Siwach|first2=|last2=|first3=|last3=|first4=|last4=|first5=|last5=|first6=|last6=|date=22 March 2024|publisher= [[Indian Express]]|accessdate=30 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/tvsn-prasad-holding-three-key-posts-ecs-intervention-sought-602732/|title=Haryana: TVSN Prasad holding three key posts, EC's intervention sought|first1=Pradeep|last1=Sharma|date=20 March 2024|publisher=[[The Tribune]]|accessdate=26 October 2024}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian civil servants]]
[[Category:Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University alumni]]
[[Category:IIT Delhi alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni]]

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