Born in 1949 in India and living there ever since, R. N. Prasher has post-graduate degrees in physics and economics and a degree in Law. His work experience varied from teaching physics in a college to 34 years in the highest civil service of India, the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). As a member of this generalist service, he headed varied departments like education, taxation, urban development, transport, power and irrigation. Retiring in 2009, he was appointed Principal Advisor to the Chief Minister of state of Haryana and thereafter Chairman of Haryana State Electricity Regulatory Commission. He has written more than 260 editorials during the last five years for the Daily World, Chandigarh, India. He has published research in comparative mythology, including a paper in Indologica Taurinensia of the Turin University. He is an adventure enthusiast, driving, sometimes solo, in high Himalayas.