Dr Mohan Prabhu, LL.M, LL.D, QC was christened Antony Michael Castelino. He pursued a university education in Arts and Law, in Bombay (BA, LL.B, MA), London (LL.M), and Canada (LL.D). Mohan has worked in India, England, and Canada. His career in law includes fellowships at Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto), and Columbia University (New York), professorship at the University of Saskatchewan, law officer at the Alberta Law Reform Commission, and Senior Counsel at the Department of Justice (Ottawa). He was called to the Bar in India, London, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, and awarded the rank of Queen's Counsel in 1990.

Mohan has authored several legal treatises on Canadian customs, excise and trade laws, and laws on toxic chemicals and hazardous waste. He has served as rapporteur at international workshops of the UN Crime Congress and the International Penal Law Association, and had consultancy assignments on environmental protection and health laws from the WHO and the Commonwealth Secretariat. He has served on the drafting committee on international conventions promoted by the Council of Europe and the UNEP.

An e-copy of his book, KonKanKit, is freely available. See https://archive.org/details/konkankit-primer-full-book-jan-14-1/page/13/mode/2up Uzwaad has been completed in Mohan’s 95th year. Uzwaad is the Konkani (his mother tongue) word for light. This memoir is about his life’s journey. It began in Mangalore, India, in 1931, in an unpretentious thatched, to put it bluntly, hut. "My parents, devout Catholics, raised nine children in this small town in which I spent my early years," he writes.

His working career began in Bombay, then a magnet for job-seekers, on a paltry salary. Here, and later in England, he studied at reputed universities squeezing time off from work.

Not finding suitable employment back in India, he emigrated to Canada, but not before he met Clareen. They were married. 2025 marks their Diamond Anniversary. He began life in Canada without a cent, job, friend, guide, or clear road map, as he puts it.

"Today, Clareen and I can truthfully say we have lived full lives, rising to senior positions in our careers, raising a family of three, and pursuing other activities post-retirement. I obtained a doctorate in my 80th year, and after, wrote a reference book on international trade law, and a primer for Konkani beginners, KonKanKit."

He wrote this text with the intention that these memoirs bring "uzwaad" to those who are at various stages of their lives.Mohan has authored several legal treatises on Canadian customs, excise and trade laws, and laws on toxic chemicals and hazardous waste. He has served as rapporteur at international workshops of the UN Crime Congress and the International Penal Law Association, and had consultancy assignments on environmental protection and health laws from the WHO and the Commonwealth Secretariat. He has served on the drafting committee on international conventions promoted by the Council of Europe and the UNEP.

An e-copy of his book, KonKanKit, is freely available. Uzwaad has been completed in Mohan’s 95th year. https://archive.org/details/konkankit-primer-full-book-jan-14-1/page/13/mode/2up