Dr Akshaya Rajangam, originally from Singapore, is now an ST1 trainee in O&G in Leicester. She graduated from King's College London in 2020 and also holds a first class intercalated BSc (Hons) in Anatomy from King's College London. She undertook her academic foundation programme in East Midlands deanery focusing on medical education.

She has published and presented nationally and internationally in robotics around Urology and Head & Neck surgery and was the former president of the KCL Surgical Society. She also won the Alfred Hughes Memorial Prize and the best dissertation prize during her intercalated degree.

Outside of medicine, Akshaya was the former National vice-president of the National Hindu Students' Forum (Uk), the largest Hindu student movement engaging 10,000 students across the UK. She is also a part of the Vichaar Manthan Team and was a graduate of the first cohort of Vaani Speakers' Academy. Her passions include bharatanatyam, reading and painting.