Prasad Khanolkar is an architect and urbanist. His research as an academic and urban planner has focused on different urban issues in different cities, including Mumbai, Gurgaon, Portland, Nairobi, and Addis Ababa. His work has been published in journals and exhibited through art and architectural exhibitions. He is also a co-author of the book Gurgaon Glossaries (2012, co-authored with Rupali Gupte and Prasad Shetty). He has also taught as an Assistant Professor of Geography at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India.