ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â

Prakash joined UAF as a faculty member in 2002 and has served UAF in different capacities: as Interim/Associate Dean for UAFs College of Natural Science and Mathematics (); Director for CNSM Division of Research (CDR); Project Director for the National Science Foundation funded ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â EPSCoR Program, a large initiative to increase research capacity in the State of ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â; and as a passionate educator and researcher at the Department of Geosciences and the Geophysical Institute ().

Prakash conducted her post-doctoral research at , Netherlands,  has a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the Indian Institute of Technology – Roorkee (), and Masters and Bachelors degrees in Geology from Lucknow University, India. She is a Professor of Geophysics and has contributed extensively to remote sensing based mapping of ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â’s natural resources and changing landscape. Prakash is also internationally recognized for her research on underground coal mine fires.