Dr. Yadav has done Ph.D. in Statistics, Optimal Designs & Business Intelligence and Post-graduation in Statistics, Design of Experiments from IARI/IASRI, New Delhi. He is Post Doc AIMS International Fellow from Nebraska University, Omaha, USA.

He has 35 years of experience in academics, research & development, and administration. Prior to joining Symbiosis, he was working as  Director, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore since 2020. He has also worked in different prestigious and leadership positions at various esteemed institutions including Professor IIM Indore, Professor Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) Bhopal, Director G H Singhania Institute of Management Research Kanpur, Director Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) Bhubaneswar, Director Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) Hyderabad, etc.

Dr. Yadav has undertaken various overseas visiting assignments of Collaborative Research & Teaching at various prestigious institutes including Bristol Business School (UK), Hamline University (USA), University of Nebraska (USA), Kent Business School Kent (UK), University of Science & Technology of China (USTC) Hefei (China). He has worked on different Committees, Task Force, and other Policy-Making Bodies of various institutes of repute including AICTE, MHRD, IIM Indore, Indian Institute of Technology (IITK), Kanpur, Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management (IIITM), Gwalior, UPSC, Govt. of India, etc.