In his decade-long tenure with the firm, Ankur has advised clients on the application of AI (including advanced analytics) across sectors, including consumer goods and retail, hospitality, technology services, financial services, chemicals, basic materials, commodity markets, power generation, manufacturing, and service operations.
Ankur has served public and private organizations in India, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Examples of his recent work include:
- leading an AI-led growth program for a hospitality company
- driving AI-led growth for a CPG company
- building AI capabilities for an Asian financial services company
- conducting an AI transformation of operations at a large renewable energy company
- supporting a large conglomerate in South Asia to deliver business impact using AI
Each of these programs has focused on delivering impact at scale and building capabilities across people, organization, data, technology, and execution.
Ankur leads the gen AI (including agents) initiative for the India office, developing approaches to deliver value at scale through this new technology.
Ankur has co-authored multiple reports focused on the use of technology and analytics for better business outcomes. These include articles on translator training for Harvard Business Review and on the Analytics Academy for McKinsey Quarterly. He led a joint effort with Nasscom on “Harnessing the power of gen AI” for the technology services sector. Most recently, he supported India’s apex think tank to develop a perspective on accelerating economic development in India using AI.
Ankur also serves on the board of the Antara Foundation, an NGO focused on delivering public health solutions at scale. He focuses on the use of technology and AI to scale its impact and make public health interventions more feasible and sustainable.
Prior to joining McKinsey, Ankur was part of the launch teams at Public Health Foundation of India, a public–private partnership, and Sana, a technology start-up based at MIT.
Ankur holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, as well as M.Tech and B.Tech degrees in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. During his academic days, his computer science research focused on AI at labs in leading institutions such as MIT, Purdue University, INSA (France), and the IIT Delhi.