Ananda Shiv Prasad (born 1928) is a doctor specialising in the role of zinc in the human metabolism.Prasad was born in Buxar, Bihar, India in 1928. He studied first at Patna Medical College in Bihar, before going on to take his doctorate at the University of Minnesota. He worked in Iran before moving to the United States, joining Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan in 1963 as an assistant professor of medicine and director of haematology. He held the latter post until 1984, and later served as director of research for the Department of Internal Medicine.This approach saves millions of live of the population in developing countries.He won Prince Mahidol Award in 2010.