Prof. Rajendra Prasad, Director Medical Education and Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Era’s Lucknow medical college and hospital, Lucknow, former Director, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI), Delhi, former  Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, K.G.’s Medical University, Lucknow and former Director, U.P Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Saifai, did his MBBS in 1974 and MD in 1979 from K.G.MedicalCollege,Lucknow. 
Professor Rajendra Prasad is an eminent Chest Physician of our country possessing more than 45 years of illustrious teaching, research and administrative experience. Apart from being a Clinician par excellence, he is also very popular Medical teacher in Pulmonary Medicine. 

Prof.  Prasad has been a recipient of more than 60 awards including Dr. B.C Roy National award, NCCP(I) M.M. Singh Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award of  National College of Chest Physicians,  Life Time Achievement Award for Indian association for Bronchology, Vigyan Gaurav Award of Council of Science and Technology, Government of Uttar Pradesh, UP Ratna Award, O.A.Sarma Oration Award, M. Santosham Oration Award, D.N.Shivpuri Oration Award, ICS Honour Lecture Award, Dr. Reddy’s Lung Cancer Oration Award, Prof. Raman Viswanathan Memorial Chest Oration Award, TAI Oration Award of Tuberculosis Association of India for developing and popularizing Pulmonary Medicine in India.