Dr Hemanshu Prabhakar is a Professor at the Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.

He is a recipient of the AIIMS Excellence Award 2012, for his notable contribution to academia and has published over 350 papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals.

Dr. Prabhakar is a reviewer for various national and international journals, and is also a review author for the Cochrane Collaboration. He has a special interest in Evidence-Based Practice of Neuroanesthesia and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery.

Dr. Prabhakar is a member of various national and international neuroanesthesia societies and is Past Secretary of the Indian Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care (ISNACC) and Society of Neurocritical Care (SNCC). He is the Past President of the SNCC.

To date he has published more than 35 books on Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care.

He is featured in the Limca Book of Records as a prolific writer in the field of Neuroanaesthesiology.

The honorary fellowship by the Society of Neurocritical Care (SNCC) has been conferred upon him.

He is actively collaborating research activities among the Low income and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). He is actively involved in the Curing Coma Campaign by the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS).