Teaching and Research Experience:

1. From February 2017 with Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Deemed University, Agra as Assistant Professor in Botany.
2. From October 2016 to February 2017 with Sant Tulsi Das Post Graduate College, Kadipur, Sultanpur (Affiliated to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) as Assistant Professor in Botany.
3. April 2016 to July 2016 with Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre, Kannauj as Consultant.
4. April 2013 to March 2016 with CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow as Principal Investigator and Young Scientist.
5. Dec 2009 to July 2012 with CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow as Research Associate.
6. March 2007 to Dec 2009 with Dr. Govind Prasad Rani Devi Patel Mahavidyalaya, Araul, Kanpur Nagar (Affiliated to Chhatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj, Kanpur University, Uttar Pradesh, India) as Lecturer in Botany.
7. September 2004 to February 2007 with Pratap Bahadur Postgraduate College, Pratapgarh, (Affiliated to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) as Lecturer in Botany.

Research output and publication

Research Planning for Next 15 Years

• Development of new herbal products (insecticide, pesticide, dye, health supplement, medicine, flavour and fragrance etc.) from underutilized plant genetic resources
• Development of package of practices for commercial cultivation of non-traditional crops/plants (especially underutilized plant genetic resources which are collected from wild)
• Development of novel fertilizer/soil conditioner based on industrial/agricultural wastes

On-going Research Projects

Publications

Research papers:

• Sujata Shekhar, Rajat P Singh, Akhilesh Kumar, 2021. Pedalium murex L.: botany, ethnobotany, phytochemistry, pharmacology, propagation and cultivation of an underutilized plant genetic resource of industrial value. International Journal of Botany Studies, 6 (6): 1449-1454 https://www.botanyjournals.com/archives/2021/vol6/issue6/6-6-259
• Anant Gopal Singh,Akhilesh Kumar, Divya Darshan Tewari, Kumar Avinash Bharati 2018. New ethnomedicinal claims from Magar community of Palpa district, Nepal. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 17(3): 499-511 (Impact Factor—0.757) 
• Anant Gopal Singh,Akhilesh Kumar, 2017. Ethnomedicinal aspects of climbing plants of Palpa district, Nepal. Tropical Plant Research 4(2): 307–313.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/tpr.2017.v4.i2.040
• Akhilesh Kumar, S K Tewari, 2015.Origin, Distribution, Ethnobotany and Pharmacology of Jatropha curcas. Research Journal of Medicinal Plant.DOI: https://doi.org/10.3923/rjmp.2015.48.59
• Vimal Chandra Pandey, Prem Prakash, Omesh Bajpai Akhilesh Kumar, Nandita Singh 2015. Phytodiversity on fly ash deposits: evaluation of naturally colonized species for sustainable phytorestoration. Environmental Science Pollution Research 22(4): 2776-2787DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3517-0(Impact Factor -4.223)
• Akhilesh Kumar* and Nandita Singh, 2014.First report ofMaconellicoccus hirsutus Green infestation onJatropha curcas saplings. Phytoparasitica 42(1): 71-73 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-013-0339-4(Impact Factor -1.439).
• Akhilesh Kumar,2013. Ethnobotanical study of wild vegetables used by rural communities of Kannauj district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture, 25(10) DOI: https://doi.org/10.9755/ejfa.v25i10.16403 (Impact Factor - 1.008).
• Akhilesh Kumar*, Vimal Chandra Pandey, Anant Gopal Singh and Divya Darshan Tewari, 2013. Traditional uses of medicinal plants for dermatological healthcare management practices by the Tharu tribal community of Uttar Pradesh India. Genetic Resources and Crop Evaluation 60: 203–224 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-012-9826-6 (Impact Factor - 1.524).
• Vimal Chandra Pandey and Akhilesh Kumar, 2013. Leucaena leucocephala: an underutilized plant for pulp and paper production. Genetic Resources and Crop Evaluation 60:1165-1171 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-012-9945-0  (Impact Factor - 1.524).
• Akhilesh Kumar*, Vimal Chandra Pandey and Divya Darshan Tewari, 2012. Documentation and determination of consensus about phytotherapeutic veterinary practices among the Tharu tribal community of Uttar Pradesh, India. Tropical Animal Health and Production 44:863–872 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-011-9979-x(Impact Factor -1.559).
•  Anant Gopal Singh, Akhilesh Kumar, Divya Darshan Tewari, 2012. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in Terai forest of western Nepal. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 8: 19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-8-19 (Impact Factor -2.273)
• Akhilesh Kumar* and Nandita Singh, 2012.Jatropha gossypiifolia L: a potential genetic resource for herbal dye. Genetic Resources and Crop Evaluation 59:949–954 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-012-9815-9(Impact Factor -1.559).
• Akhilesh Kumar*2012. Medicinal plants as a source of antipyretic agent in Terai region of Utter Pradesh, India. Life Sciences Leaflets 2:45-52.
• Vimal Chandra Pandey, Kripal Singh, Jay Shankar Singh, Akhilesh Kumar, Bajrang Singh, Rana P. Singh, 2012. Jatropha curcas: A potential biofuel plant for sustainable environmental development. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews16: 2870– 2883 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.004(Impact factor -14.982)
• Vimal Chandra Pandey, Jay Shankar Singh, Akhilesh Kumar and, D. D. Tewari, 2010. Accumulation of heavy metal by chickpea grown in fly ash treated soil: effect on antioxidants. CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water 38 (12): 1116-1123 https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.201000178(Impact Factor-1.603)
• Saurabh Pandey, Arvind Mishra and Akhilesh Kumar*, 2010. Medicinal Flora of degraded forest ecosystem at Chilbila, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh. Scitech 5 (2): 20-25.
• Akhilesh Kumar*, Arvind Mishra, Saurabh Pandey and D D Tewari, 2008. Phytotherapy against hair disorder among Tharu tribes in North eastern Terai belt of Uttar Pradesh, Vegetos-An International Journal of Plant Research 21 (1): 85-89 (Impact Factor-0.042).
• Akhilesh Kumar*, Arvind Mishra, Saurabh Pandeyand D D Tewari, 2008. Ethnophytomagicotherapeutics among the Tharu tribes in North eastern Terai belt of Uttar Pradesh, Vegetos-An International Journal of Plant Research 21 (1): 91-97 (Impact Factor-0.042).
• Arvind Mishra, Saurabh Pandey,Akhilesh Kumar* and D D Tewari, 2008.  Phytotherapy against piles used by Tharu tribes in Devipatan division Uttar Pradesh, Scitech 3 (1): 10-12.
• Arvind Mishra, Saurabh Pandey,Akhilesh Kumar* and D D Tewari, 2008. Cleome viscosa: Role in traditional healthcare management, Scitech 3 (1): 15-16.
• AkhileshKumar*,D D Tewari, and Arvind Mishra, 2007. Ecological concept of Tharu folk in north eastern Terai belt of Uttar Pradesh. Indian Journal of Environmental Sciences 11(2): 141-143.
• Akhilesh Kumar*, D D Tewari and J P Tewari, 2006. Ethnomedicinal knowledge among Tharu tribe of Devipatan division. Indian Journal of Tradition Knowledge 5 (3) 310-313 (Impact Factor—0.757) 
• Akhilesh Kumar*, D D Tewari and V C Pandey, 2005. Folk Botany of Achyranthes aspera in Terai belt of North eastern Uttar Pradesh, Vegetos-An International Journal of Plant Research 18: 89-92 (Impact Factor-0.042).
• Kumar, Akhilesh, Tewari, D D Sharma, Rekha and Pandey V C, 2005. Practices of Folk- Phytoveterinary in Devipatan division U P India, Journal of  Nature Conservation 17 (1): 153-161
• Akhilesh Kumar*,D D Tewari and Sachin Tripathi, 2003. Folk Botany of an obnoxious weed Lantana sps in Terai belt of Northeastern Utter Pradesh, Vegetos-An International Journal of Plant Research 16: 21-26 (Impact Factor-0.042).
• Akhilesh Kumar*,D D Tewari and Y N Pande, 2003.  Ethnophytotherapeutics among Tharus of Beerpur Semara forest range of Balrampur, Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 27 (4): 839-844.
• Akhilesh Kumar*,D D Tewari and Y N Pande, 2003. Indigenous and traditional herbal medicines from Gonad district of Terai belt of North eastern Utter Pradesh, Journal of Nature Conservation 15 (1): 261-268.
• Akhilesh Kumar*,D D Tewari and Sachin Tripathi, 2003. Herbal medicines from Ayodhya region of Faizabad district: An ethnophytopharmacological survey, Journal of Living World 10 (1): 26-32.

Conference proceedings

• Akhilesh Kumar, V.K. Chaturvedy, S.K. Tewari, D.D. Tewari 2019. Effect of fly ash and press mud on growth, yield and quality parameters of Plantago ovata cultivated in sodic soil. Conference proceedings on Local Environmental Change have Global Effect, published by MLK PG College, Balrampur, 315-331 ISBN: 978-93-88838-38-2
• K. Yadav, A. Kumar, R. Ranjan,Akhilesh Kumar 2019. Assessment of ground water quality and contaminants geochemistry of Agra city. Conference proceedings on Bio-prospecting and Bioactive compounds from microbes and plants. Published by Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, 193-204. ISBN: 978-93-81778-71-5

Book chapter

• A.N. Yadav, N. Yadav, D. Kour, Akhilesh Kumar, K. Yadav, A. Kumar, A.A. Rastegari, S.G. Sachan, B. Singh, V.S. Chauhan, A.K. Saxena 2019. Bacterial Community Composition in Lake. Freshwater microbiology: Perspectives of Bacterial Dynamics in Lake Ecosystems, Edited by: S.A. Bandh, S. Shafi, N. Shameem . 1-71 Published by Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-12-817495-1 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817495-1.00001-3
• Akhilesh Kumar, 2014. Use of medicinal plants as anthelmintic agent among the Tharu tribal community of Utter Pradesh, India. Miracles of Ethno-Botany Socio-Economic Aspects. Eds. P. A. Hosamani and K. Sandeepkumar.  ISBN -978-81-928756-0-6

Books

• Akhilesh Kumar, D D Tewari, S K Tewari, 2014. Ethnobotanial Healthcare Management Practices in Uttar Pradesh: Ethnophytotherapeutics and crude drug formulations of Tharu tribal community. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-659-60881-0
• Akhilesh Kumar, 2014, Jatropha curcas: A potential genetic resource for herbal medicine and liquid bio-fuel, GRIN Publishing GmbH, Munich, ISBN (eBook) 978-3-656-84961-2, ISBN (Book) 978-3-656-84962-9.

Popular articles

• अखिलेशकुमार, विजेन्द्रचतुर्वेदी, देवेन्द्रसिंह, सुरेशशर्माएवंश्रीकृष्णतिवारी(2014), ऊसरभूमिमेंईसबगोलकीखेती- विज्ञानवाणी20: सीएसआईआर- राष्ट्रीयवनस्पतिअनुसंधानसंस्थान, लखनऊ62-65।ISSN: 0972-3951
• अखिलेशकुमार, ललितकुमारशर्मा, राकेशचन्द्रनैनवाल, श्वेतासिंह, रामशरणकटियारएवंश्रीकृष्णतिवारी(2014), व्यक्तिगतस्वास्थ्यसुधारहेतुगुणकारीआवला, विज्ञानवाणी, सीएसआईआर- राष्ट्रीयवनस्पतिअनुसंधानसंस्थान, लखनऊ 66-69p ISSN: 0972-3951

Seminar, Symposia and Conferences

1. Akhilesh Kumar, S K. Tewari (2016) Industrial wastes based package of practices for cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants in sodic soil. National Conference on Plant Medicine, Biodiversity and Climate Link at Marwar Business School, Gorakhpur on Feb. 2-3, 2016.
2. Akhilesh Kumar, S K Tewari, D D Tewari (2015) Healing herbs of Terai region of Utter Pradesh: Phytodiversity, Usages and Conservation Needs. International Conference on Medicinal Plant Resources for Affordable new generation Healthcare held at CIMAP on March, 20-22, 2015.
3. Akhilesh Kumar, S K Tewari (2015) Utilization of Industrial Wastes for Cultivation of East Indian Lemongrass in Sodic Soil. Fifth International Conference on Plant and Environmental Pollution” (ICPEP-5) held at NBRI, Lucknow on Feb. 24-27, 2015
4. Akhilesh Kumar, R C Nainwal, Devendra Singh, S K Tewari (2014) Utilization of industrial wastes for cultivation of industrial wastes for cultivation of Andrographis paniculata in sodic soil. National conference and exhibition on divine medicinal plants, plants based medicinal product, panchagavya and their role in integrated rural development held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 21 & 22 February 2014. 
5. Akhilesh Kumar, Nandita Singh (2012). Ethnobotany of Jatropha.  National Seminar on “Impact of Developmental Activities on Traditional Ethnomedicines, Biodiversity and Its Conservation” held at CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on March, 17-19
6. Akhilesh Kumar, Anant Gopal Singh, D D Tewari (2012). Impact of Developmental Activities on Traditional Ethnomedicinal Practices and Phytodiversity in Terai Region of Indo-Nepal Boarder. National Seminar on Impact of Developmental Activities on Traditional Ethnomedicines, Biodiversity and Its Conservation held at CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on March, 17-19
7. Akhilesh Kumar, Nandita Singh (2011). Bio-prospecting of algal biodiversity for sustainable biofuel production and mitigation of global climate change. National Seminar on Environmental Degradation vis a vis Biodiversity Conservation” held at M.L.K. (P.G.) College, Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, on Nov. 05-06.
8. Akhilesh Kumar, Prem Prakash, Nandita Singh (2010) Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) Infestation on Jatropha curcasL saplings and its possible management through herbal pesticides. Fourth International Conference on “Plant and Environmental Pollution” (ICPEP-4) held at NBRI, Lucknow on Dec. 08-11.
9. Akhilesh Kumar, D D Tewari (2005). Folk Botany of Achyranthes aspera in Terai belt of north eastern Uttar Pradesh. National Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development held at Balrampur on March 4-6.
10. Akhilesh Kumar, D D Tewari (2002). Herbal medicines from Ayodhya region of Faizabad district. Silver Jubilee Conference of Indian Botanical Society and National Symposium held at M J P Rohilkhand University, Bareilly on Oct. 27-29, 2002.