Dr. Ankur Srivastava works as a Programme Lead in the Power Markets team. His work focuses on advancing cost-effective renewable energy integration through system modelling and transmission planning, and strengthening the role of Discoms in the clean energy transition through decentralized deployment and distribution-level interventions.

He holds a doctorate in Electric Power Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. His doctoral research focused on the development of advanced tools in power system operation, protection, and monitoring for system operators in the context of increasing renewable energy penetration. He earned his Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems Engineering) from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University.

Prior to joining The Council, he worked at RTI International India in New Delhi as a Transmission and System Studies Specialist under the USAID-funded South Asia Regional Energy Partnership (SAREP) project. Before that, he was based in the United States, serving as an Assistant Research Professor, and Postdoctoral Researcher and RTDS Lab Manager at the University of Connecticut. Earlier in his career, he held roles at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur as a Project Engineer and at SMS India Private Limited (SMS Siemag Germany) as a Site and Commissioning Engineer.

Outside of work, he enjoys playing badminton, traveling, and exploring new cuisines and cultures.