Rakesh was born and raised in Varanasi, India. He completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in 2008 and 2015, respectively, under the supervision of Prof. D.S. Pandey at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Subsequently, he served as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Kyushu University, under the mentorship of Prof. Nobuo Kimizuka from 2015 to 2017. Subsequently, he continued his postdoctoral research at Kindai University and Kyushu Institute of Technology from 2017 to 2019. In May 2019, Rakesh joined the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Shandong University as a Lecturer. Due to his contributions and achievements in academia, he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in March 2024. His current research interests revolve around the exploration of atomically precise metal nanoclusters and their applications in various fields.