Dr.Manthena Vara Prasad is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics. Presently he is the Registrar of the Satavahana Univrsity. He is also Head, of the department of Economics and previously worked as Principal, University college of Arts and Social Sciences. He has an excellent academic background right from school days. He has been a first classer all through the education. He holds M.A. Economics from University of Hyderabad, M.Phil from JNU, New Delhi and Ph.D. from OU, Hyderabad. He began his career as a Lecturer in Economics in Govt Degree College before was appointed as Assistant Professor in 2007. As part of academics, Dr. Prasad attended orientation Courses, refresher courses and a few workshops. He has to his credit seven published papers in reputed journals and presented twenty seven papers in seminars and conferences. He has completed one UGC research-sponsored project. He is the member of distinguished academic bodies. He worked as the Chairman, Board of Studies; Dept of Economics. He successfully organized two national seminars and a ten day workshop on Research Methodology course sponsored by ICSSR. Overall, he has a teaching experience of 19 years at UG and PG levels. His areas of specialization are Agricultural Economics and Industrial Economics. To his credit he has edited one book and guided a Ph.D scholar.