Prashant Yadav is Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, an affiliate Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD, and Lecturer in Global Health and Social Medicines at Harvard Medical School. He is a globally recognized scholar in supply chains for products with social benefits. 

He is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications in this area, and his work has also been featured in prominent print and broadcast media such as the New York Times, Wall Stret Journal, NPR, CNN, Financial Times, and BBC. In his previous roles Prashant has worked as Strategy Leader-Supply Chain at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Vice President of Healthcare at the William Davidson Institute and Faculty at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan; Professor of Supply Chain Management at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program and Research Affiliate at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics.
 
In addition to his roles in academia, Prashant serves on the board of RHIA Ventures, Macro Eyes, Africa Resource Center (ARC), and is chair of the steering committee of Investing in Innovation (i3).