Ashok is a former Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director with POWERGRID and Central Transmission Utility of India, with over 36 years of experience in India’s electricity sector spanning transmission planning, power-system studies, renewable energy integration, transmission access and regulation, cross-border interconnections, and institutional coordination. His experience includes strategic infrastructure planning, technical appraisal, policy and regulatory coordination, and implementation of the connectivity and general network access (GNA) framework supporting India’s energy transition. He holds a Master of Technology in Power Systems from IIT Kanpur and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Bengal Engineering College (now IIEST), Calcutta University.