M. S. Prasada Rao was Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He has to his credit a number of orbital, crystal and electronic models developed for teaching chemical principles and theories. He was the Best Teacher awardee of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He is the former Registrar of Andhra University and former Vice-chancellor of Gitam deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam. He was also associated with academic administration of the university in different capacities.