S Prabhakar graduated from MDU, Rohtak and completed his DM from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.  He has been Director of Studies, Vice President and President, Indian Medical Association, Chandigarh State Branch. Prof Prabhakar has been expert on the selection committee of Himachal Pradesh Public Services Commission, Maharishi Dayanand University Rohtak (Haryana) Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, A.I.I.M.S., New Delhi, and PGI, Chandigarh. He has published more than 200 papers in journals of national and international repute and has contributed 28 chapters in various text books. Dr. Prabhakar was selected as Chief Editor, Neurology India, the Official Journal of Neurological Society of India for a period of 6 years from 1997–2002. During his first half of tenure, ‘Neurology India’ has been indexed in Index Medicus and MEDLINE. He is also editor of `Reviews in Neurology’, a CME book of Indian Academy of Neurology for a period of 3 years from 2006 – 2008. He has recently been elected as President of the Neurological Society of India.