Dr Antony Prakash Monteiro hails from Shirva of Udupi district. He did his early education at Shirva, BSc with fifth rank from St. Philomena College and MSc in Physics from Mangalore University with the First Rank and Gold Medal. He did research in Theoretical Particle Physics at Mangalore University under Prof K B Vijaya Kumar and obtained PhD in the year 2011 and then joined St. Philomena College as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics. He has served as Campus Director of the College and also the Chairman of Center for PG Studies and Research of the College. He is instrumental in establishing the Post Graduate Departments of Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics at the center.