Anand K. Yadav, PhD
Professor/Director, Biotechnology and Graduate Programs, Fort Valley State University, Georgia

Dr. Anand Krishna Yadav is Professor and Director of Biotechnology and Graduate Programs in the College of Agriculture, Family Sciences and Technology at the Fort Valley State University (FVSU, Fort Valley, GA), a State and Land- Grant University, the University System of Georgia. Dr. Yadav
has more than 45 years of Horticulture Research experience along with 15 years of educational/research experience in the biotechnology of medicinal and nutraceutical plants. From Jan 1976 through Oct 2010 he served FVSU in various academic positions. From 1993 to 1994, Dr. Yadav chaired the Biotechnology Working Group of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS); from 2002 to 2003 he was chair of the Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants Working group of ASHS and developed a Workshop on Medicinal Plants whose popularity revitalized bioactive plant research. From 1998 to 2009, he served as an Associate Editor of HortScience, a bimonthly research Journal of ASHS. From 1998 to 2002, he was on International Advisory Board of Asian Agri-History Foundation and from 2004 to 2008, he served on the Board of Directors of WAVES (World Association for Vedic Studies). In 2007, Dr. Yadav convened and organized a 4-day International Symposium on Medicinal and Nutraceutical Plants held from 20-23 March at the Fort Valley State University. Since then Dr. Yadav has been instrumental in organizing a scientific/professional society to serve and promote research on medicinal plants. As a result, with the help of 8 founding members he established American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP) which was registered on 1 Sept 2009 in the State of Florida and held its first Annual Conference in July 2010 at the Rutgers University in New Jersey. He was elected the First President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ACMAP in Jan 2010. There are over 250 publications, 165 professional presentations and one edited book to his credit. He earned his B. Sc. Hons. (1965) and M.Sc. (1966) from University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India, and Ph.D. (1972) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.