Akshay Mani is a transport specialist based in Mumbai. He is involved in managing and supporting efforts related to planning, development, and implementation of sustainable transportation projects in India.

Prior to joining EMBARQ, Akshay worked as a transportation planner and project manager at Cambridge Systematics in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he made key contributions to projects in the freight planning and policy analysis arena. Notable among these include a national level policy effort for the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) focusing on a framework for port peak pricing to reduce truck traffic congestion and air pollution, and a project in California looking at the environmental benefits of short-haul rail intermodal service connecting the Central Valley agricultural market with the Port of Oakland. During his stay in the Bay Area, Akshay also engaged in activities with the Sierra Club, the San Francisco Food Bank, and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.

Akshay holds a master's degree in transportation engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.