Ajay Prabhakar


Ajay Prabhakar is an Indian researcher and author who until recently was a United Nations Country Programme officer. He has worked with the Nigerian Presidency in the Arts and Culture parastatal under President Olusegun Obasanjo. Prabhakar still serves as a consultant to the United Nations and other International bodies on Sustainable Development goals, Research and Education.

Early life

Born in Kerala, on 24 June 1978, to Mr.N. Prabhakar and Devi Prabhakar, Ajay Prabhakar is a graduate of the Mumbai University and has a doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina.

Career

Ajay Prabhakar is the author of 6 books, many of which are being used in schools, colleges and universities in the United States of America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He has done several projects under the aegis of United Nations in the domains of Education, Sustainable Development, Research, Archaeology, Governance etc. He was appointed Africa Renaissance Ambassador and also serves as an Ambassador for Global Peace by the Universal Peace Federation. He was decorated as an Ambassador for Research and Education by the Nigerian Presidency.
Prabhakar is the head of several research projects being carried out in Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA. He has worked extensively on multiple archaeological research projects with the Cross River State Government, specifically with the ministry of arts and culture, under then Governor Donald Duke, which included conservation, advocacy, sensitization and preservation of the Ikom Monoliths. He has received a letter of appreciation from the Governor Donald Duke for the same.
Prabhakar has also been involved for many years, in the linguistic and the archaeological study, comparison and the technical analysis of the Monolithic writings in Ireland, namely the Turoe Stone, the Castlestrange Stone, the Newgrange burial mound and the Ikom Monoliths. The findings of these studies have been published in his book The Gram Code and the subsequent papers published by him.
The research team under the leadership of Prabhakar, was also instrumental in bringing to the world stage, the pillaging and near destruction of the monolith sites by including them in the USA and Europe Heritage Tour, under the aegis of the United Nations and getting them included in the World Monuments Fund watch list.
Other sites include the Homo Erectus site in Okigwe, Monolithic writings in Ireland and the lost city of Igbale Aiye, Benin, among the prominent others. His work has been referred to and appreciated in other prominent research projects.
Prabhakar has also worked with the office of several world leaders like General Olusegun Obasanjo, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and William Jefferson Clinton through his association with United Nations. Together with Catherine Acholonu, he is the co-founder of the Catherine Acholonu Research Foundation.
Prabhakar currently serves as the Founder and Chairman of Pioneers Nation, an organization which deals with research in the domains of archaeology, archiving and education.

Works

Books authored by Ajay Prabhakar
White Papers by Dr. Ajay Prabhakar
African Renaissance Ambassador
Ambassador for World Peace
Ambassador of Advancement in Research, Education and Technology

Awards

The International Book Award 2010
The Flora Nwapa Award 2009
The Phillis Wheatley Award 2007
The Harlem Book Fair Award 2008