Ashish Srivastava is the Sector Head - Digital and Artificial Intelligence at CSTEP. With over two decades of experience in the IT industry, he has managed global IT businesses, directed the rollout of several programmes, and functioned as the head of an IT Product Company. He is an Enterprise Architect specialising in the Telecom Domain and has led initiatives in AI and IoT. Ashish has been providing ICT consulting and leadership for application of IT solutions to public-policy challenges, such as e-governance and energy optimisation. He holds a BTech from IIT (BHU) and PG Certificate in Economics from the University of London.