Prof. Manohar Prasad was born on January 24, 1942 in a small village in Bihar. He got the bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1965 from Bihar College of Engineering, Patna (now called NIT Patna). Thereafter, he joined the Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Kanpur as Associate Lecturer in 1966. During the service at IIT Kanpur, he completed his Masters in 1969. Then, he completed his Ph.D. in the area of energy conversion in 1976 under the guidance of Prof. Vedanth Kadambi and Prof. P.N. Kaul (when Dr. Kadambi left IIT Kanpur in 1971).
Prof. Manohar Prasad taught the 'energy conversion courses' at UG level and 'refrigeration and air-conditioning courses' at PG level. His has written three books. His first book, co-authored with Dr. Kadambi, is a 3-volume book titled "Introduction to Energy Conversion" that is being used as a text-book in many Indian engineering colleges. It has also been translated in some European languages. His other two books titled "Refrigeration and Air-conditioning" and "Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Data Book" are also being used widely. He was associated with the Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Laboratory of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment where he carried out a lot of developmental work in this area. His two papers won the Sir Rajendra Nath Mookerjee and the N.K. Iyengar Memorial Prizes from of The Institution of Engineers, India. He was a member of the International Institute of Refrigeration, Paris. He retired from the Institute in 2004.
Prof. Manohar Prasad was a very simple, yet jovial person. He passed away on January 15, 2013 at 9.30 am in Regency Hospital, Kanpur. He is survived by his wife, son, daughter-in-law, two daughters and son-in-laws and grand-children. The Institute expresses its deepest condolences to the bereaved family of Prof. Manohar Prasad and prays for the peace of the departed soul.
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Veejendra Yadav wrote on 16th March 2021
I used to meet him often to listen to him when he will sensibly make jokes and advise me too on the academic as well as personal fronts. He was very kind to invite me to his home, offer me tasty things to eat along with tea, and talk about circumstances. I was generally the quiet listener. Yeah, I miss his advice and also the laughter moments.
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Avinash Agarwal wrote on 23rd January 2013
Prof. Manohar Prasad was a great example of "Simple Living, High Thinking". He was a very down to earth and humble person as well as very helpful professor. He will be missed by campus community, his old time friends and acquaintances. May his soul rest in peace.
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Subhash Pandey wrote on 23rd January 2013
Prof. Prasad was a very simple man without any artificiality in his day to day life. He was good friend of mine. I was shocked to hear this bad news. May God bless peace to his soul and power to his family to bear this loss. With heavy heart, Subhash Pandey.
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Gurunath wrote on 25th January 2013
I will miss his humor and guidance. He was very mature in his articulations and we interacted several times in the institute in various fora. I remember that I ran into him several years after his retirement and just quizzed him about his retired life. His prompt Answer -"a professor never retires. Abhi tho bahut kuch aur karna hai." I pray god give his family members, friends, students and colleagues strength to tide over this loss.
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Dr K.C.Goel wrote on 25th January 2013
I have known Prof Manohar Prasad, for many years as my patient, he indeed was very simple person,it was my great opportunity to have served such a nice human being,who was devoted to his work,and had no airs about what he had accomplished,I pray for peace to his soul!I also offer my deep felt condolensces to his whole family.
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c wrote on 3rd February 2013
I have known Prof Manohar Prasad, for many years as my patient, he indeed was very simple person,it was my great opportunity to have served such a nice human being,who was devoted to his work,and had no airs about what he had accomplished,I pray for peace to his soul!I also offer my deep felt condolensces to his whole family.
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Rakesh Sharma wrote on 14th February 2013
It is really sad that Dr. Manohar Prasad passed away. He was not only a great professor but also a great human being. He helped everyone and students liked him because of his kindness and be helpful to them, whenever they needed help. His book was a handbook and many of us kept it even after graduation. May his soul rest in peace and his family may be able to bear this huge loss. God bless him and his family.
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Salil kumra gupta wrote on 21st February 2013
I am student of B.tech 1st year of KCNIT Banda . Prof. Manohar Prasad was a great example of "Simple Living, High Thinking". He was a very down to earth and humble person as well as very helpful professor.He was my ideal person. He will be missed by earth. May his soul rest in peace.
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