Akhilesh Kumar Yadav Ph.D., earned a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut, India. He then obtained a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Environmental Engineering from Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur, India (affiliated with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow). His doctoral degree, with a research focus on air pollution, was awarded by the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India.
Dr. Yadav has served at various institutions, including Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India; Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India (as a research collaborator); and Chaoyang University of Technology in Taichung, Taiwan. He has authored/co-authored several research and review articles, book chapters, and edited/authored books, and holds a patent.
Dr. Yadav received the Young Engineer Award from the Institution of Engineers (India) and the Young Scientist Award from VDGOOD Technology Factory, Kolkata. His research interests include air, water, and soil pollution; climate change; vulnerability; human health risk assessments; and GIS applications in environmental pollution and management. He is an active member of several reputed international professional bodies, including the IEI (Kolkata), ECI (New Delhi), AEACI (Mumbai), MSI (New Delhi), and IASTA (Mumbai).