Prashant Yadav

Affiliate Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD Business School

Senior Fellow at Center for Global Development

Prashant Yadav is a globally recognized scholar in the area of healthcare supply chains. He is an Affiliate Professor at INSEAD, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, and Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of many peer-reviewed scientific publications and his work has also been featured in prominent print and broadcast media such as the BBCNew York TimesCNNFinancial TimesWSJ and NPR. In addition to his roles in academia and think tank, Prashant serves on the boards of many health and development focused companies. 

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.

Prashant has been asked for expert testimony on medicine supply chains in the US Congress and Parliament’s and legislative bodies of many countries He works closely with and advises many country governments, and philanthropic organizations on healthcare supply chain strategy. Yadav trained as a Chemical Engineer and obtained his PhD in Management Science & Operations Research.