Dr. Akhil Prasad is currently a member of the board of directors of entities in Boeing group and an Advisory Board Member (Honorary), UPES School of Law. Having over 28 years of experience, his legal expertise goes beyond the Indian shores in the UK and the US and he has worked with Fidelity Worldwide Investment, The Walt Disney Company India, General Motors India, Electrolux Kelvinator, Xerox India and Modicorp and Essar Group(s). He holds numerous degrees including a Doctorate in Law and a Doctorate in Commerce. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, UK (FCIS) and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (FCS); a non-practicing Solicitor of England & Wales; a Masters of Law (Honors) program from the Northwestern University and a Certificate in Business Administration program from Instituto de Empressa, Madrid, Spain (IE), USA; leadership training under the program “Leaders Shaping Our Future”, conducted by Boeing Leadership Center, USA; andis an alumni of the Wharton Business School.
Dr Prasad is also a visiting faculty with premier institutions in India like the Indian Institute of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, National Law University, Delhi School of Economics, Indian School of Business, the Management Development Institute, OP Jindal Global University (OPJGU); Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law – IIT Kharagpur (IIT-Kharagpur); Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT); T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal (TAPMI); Jamia Millia Law School and Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University (FMS). Dr. Prasad has been recently granted a Global Talent visa by the Government of Australia. Dr. Prasad was nominated among the Top General Counsels in India by Forbes India (2021); Top 100 India In-house Counsel by Business World (2020); Team Power List India (2019) by Legal 500; GC Power List India (2018); Team Power List India (2017) by Legal 500, GC Power List India (2016) by Legal 500; 100 Legal Luminaries of India by Lexis Nexis; and among the Finest India In-house Counsels by the Indian Corporate Counsel Association.
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The well-respected founder member of the General Counsels' Association of India www.gcai.in, he is an avid speaker at India and international forums, having the capacity to hold the audience's attention with his informative skills. Dr. Prasad is an avid writer and contributes to various publications in India and overseas.
