Prasad Ashok Thakur is a CIMO scholar and has authored a book and several articles published with The World Bank, Asian Development Bank Institute, United Nations, Government of India, etc. His work in digital-agriculture, clean energy, public finance, international relations and electric-mobility has received several awards & recognitions. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and Aalto University (Finland).