On April 16, 2010 Dr. Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad (also known as C K Prahalad) passed away. Prahalad was one out of nine children and his father was a Sanskrit language scholar and judge in Chennai, India. Prahalad worked at the Union Carbide battery plant after completing a B.Sc degree in Physics from Loyola College in Chennai, India. Loyola College is a part of the University of Madras.