Prasad served as the Officiating Editor of The Tribune for a brief time. He covered both Houses of Parliament for 30 years, which offered him a vantage view of the dynamics of politics its intersection with policy, and its grind through parliamentary processes. During 2007-2008, he worked in the United States Congress on being awarded the prestigious Fulbright-American Political Science Association Fellowship. He was the Chairman of the Lok Sabha Press Advisory Committee and in a similar capacity of the Rajya Sabha Media Advisory Committee. He was the president of the Press Association, a body of correspondents accredited to the Government of India. At present, he is an office-bearer of the Editors Guild of India. Prasad comments on radio, television and social media networks in the country and overseas on contemporary developments in the fields of politics, Parliament, and Foreign and Strategic Affairs and writes Opinion pieces in these areas.