Madavi Shiva Prasad (MSP) hails from Adilabad District, Telangana State, India. He received his B.Sc. in Biochemistry from Kakatiya University and MSc in Organic Chemistry from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He began his Doctoral studies in Organic Chemistry under the direction of Prof. D. B. Ramachary, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. During his time in Ph. D., the formation of secondary catalytic species, "Aminal"  mechanism was firmly elucidated by him for the first time.

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Thesis Title: "High-Yielding Stereoselective Synthesis of “Drug-like” Molecules through Barbas-Michael and Metal-free Reductive Coupling Reactions"
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He joined the Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur, India in June 2013, as an Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. In July 2025, he moved to Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi (North Campus), as an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry.

His research interests span around the asymmetric synthesis of small natural products, natural product mimics and biologically potent scaffolds by exploiting catalysis.

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He has qualified for GATE, NET, awarded CSIR - JRF, and CSIR - SRF. He has been serving as a member of various professional bodies, Life member Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), Member of the American Chemical Society, Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), Member of the Board of Studies-CUTN.