Prof. Abhinav completed his B.Sc. from Veer Bahadur Singh University, Jaunpur in 1998 and M.Sc. from the same University in 2000. He was awarded Ph.D. Degree in 2005 from University of Allahabad. After that he worked in a DBT Project at the National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad. on February 17, 2009, he joined as an Assistant professor in the Department of Zoology.