Professor Prabhu's areas of research and teaching are product innovation, strategic management and entrepreneurship. He has published in leading journals like the Academy of Management Review and Research Policy and was invited to be on the editorial board of the Journal of Management, US.
Professor Prabhu has conducted top management sessions for Honeywell, ITC, Qualcomm, Tata Group, Tessaract and Tetra Pak and has conducted strategy, visioning or innovation workshops for senior executive groups at Bharat Electronics, Crompton Greaves, ETA Ascon Holding, HAL, Honeywell, Indian Oil, L&T, Quest, Oracle, Union Bank of India. He jointly coordinates executive programmes Strategic Analysis for Competitive Advantage and Creating Successful New Products and has led customized programmes for Amul, Cognizant, CA Technologies, Future Group, Trent, Reliance, Seimens,Wipro-GE and Yahoo.
Professor Ganesh was Chair of the Post Graduate Program for two years and Chair of Placements for three and half years. He was also;