Dr. Rohit Udaya Prasad is a highly experienced Lead and Senior Consultant in ENT & Cochlear Implants at KIMS Hospitals, Electronic City, Bengaluru, with 17 years of overall clinical experience and 13 years as a specialist in otorhinolaryngology and cochlear implant surgery. He completed his MBBS from M.S. Ramaiah Medical College and Teaching Hospitals, Bengaluru, and his MS in ENT from Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur. He has further pursued Mentor-Certified Advanced Training in Cochlear Implant Surgery at Dr. Hans Center for ENT, Hearing Care & Vertigo, New Delhi, and specialised training in Anterior Skull Base Surgery with prominent neurosurgical teams in Delhi and Bengaluru - establishing him as one of the region's foremost specialists in hearing implantology and skull base surgery. Dr. Prasad's clinical expertise spans cochlear implant and bone conduction implant surgery, otology and micro-ear surgery, endoscopic ear surgery, rhinology, anterior skull base surgery, laryngology, and paediatric ENT. He has an extensive track record across leading ENT and cochlear implant centres, having served at Aster RV Hospital, Vikram Aura Hospital, and Dr. Hans Center for ENT in New Delhi, as well as visiting consultant roles at Madhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital and multiple NCR hospitals including Fortis CDoc, Metro Hospitals, SCI International Hospital, and Venkateshwar Hospital. He is also a Karnataka Cochlear Implant Program mentor (2023-present) and has performed live cochlear implant surgery demonstrations at PGIMER Chandigarh and at national conferences. An active academic contributor, Dr. Prasad has served as faculty at AOICON 2023, AOICON 2024, CIGICON 2023, and CIGICON 2024, and has published research in national and international otorhinolaryngology journals covering topics ranging from cochlear implant surgical techniques to laryngeal pathology and rare head and neck tumours. His co-authored work on the Veria Technique for cochlear implant surgery, drawn from 1,400 cases, is a notable contribution to the field of hearing implantology.