Dr. Akhilesh Kumar
Assistant ProfessorDayalbagh Educational Institute, Deemed University, Agra
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Botany from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Botany from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Dr. Akhilesh Kumar is currently working as Assistant Professor in Botany in Department of Botany, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra. He has completed his Ph.D. in Botany from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University Faizabad. Previously he was appointed as Lecturer at Pratap Bahadur Postgraduate College, Pratapgarh, and Research Associate, Young Scientist and Principal Investigator at CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow and Consultant at Flavour and Fragrance Development Center, Kannauj. He is Secretory of The Ethnobotanical Society and member of Italo-latin American Society of Ethno Medicine, and the Blue Planet Society. He is member of editorial board in International journal of Botany, Research Journal of Medicinal Plants, Asian Journal of Biological Science, Journal of Biological Science, Journal of Applied Science, and Life Science Leaflets. He is also serving as reviewer for many scientific journals. He has published 30 research articles in journals contributed as author/co-author. His area of expertise includes quality and safety evaluation of herbs and herbal products, waste land management, macro-propagation techniques, development of package of practices for cultivation of medicinal, aromatic and energy crops, extraction and evaluation of herbal dye and pesticides, utilization of industrial wastes in agriculture, and ethno botany.