About RK Prasad
As a researcher, entrepreneur, and lifelong student of how people learn at work, I've spent over 33 years at the intersection of corporate training, instructional design, and technology — watching the field transform in ways I could never have predicted when I started CommLab India from a single desk in 2000.
That one desk became something I'm genuinely proud of. Today, CommLab India is a 150-strong team, ranked the #1 Rapid eLearning Provider globally, serving 300+ organizations across 37 countries — delivering over 110,000 hours of learning content with a client satisfaction index of 9.6. We built it on a simple belief: technology can fundamentally transform the way people learn, if it's guided by the right instructional thinking.
I believe AI is about to do that all over again — just as eLearning did in the early 2000s. And this time, the stakes are much higher.
Through WorkLearning.AI — my ongoing research initiative in partnership with Lancaster University, UK — I study how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way organizations build capability at scale. Not the hype. The real patterns, the governance challenges, and the hard questions that L&D leaders are quietly navigating every day.
I hold a PhD in Mobile Learning from Lancaster University, UK, and an MBA from the Birla Institute of Technology, India. That combination of business thinking and learning science shapes everything I write and research.
My work focuses on one core question: Are organizations restructuring learning for an AI-shaped future — or just experimenting with tools? The answer determines whether AI becomes a strategic advantage or an expensive distraction.
I share research-backed insights, practitioner perspectives, and honest conversations about AI in workplace learning through the WorkLearning.AI publication. Whether you lead an L&D team, run a learning business, or are simply trying to make sense of where this is all going — this is the place for you.
Publications
2016
Articles:
ATD/td.org series: “Back to Basics: 5 Essential Elements of Effective E-Learning” (August 10, 2016).
“Empower your sales force with on-demand product training” – February 8, 2016.
In-person seminars: 5-city Customer Education Seminar series (USA: Chicago, St. Paul, and others) – one-day workshops on e-learning trends, microlearning, gamification, video-based training (September 2016).
