Ankesh Nagar — Co-Founder

Ankesh Nagar is a senior business strategy leader with more than 12 years of consulting and industry experience across oil & gas, energy transition, and nation-scale digital transformation. He currently serves as a Business Strategy Principal with Accenture Strategy, partnering with CXOs and public-sector leaders to shape enterprise strategy, modernize operating models, and drive measurable value across capital-intensive and mission-critical infrastructure. He has led multi-year programs across upstream operations, refining, utilities, and integrated energy portfolios — including production optimization, OT–IT integration, data-driven operations, AI-enabled decision support, and ESG value creation. His work spans strategy through execution, covering business cases, governance and risk models, vendor ecosystems, and delivery structures designed for transparency, scalability, and accountability. Ankesh also brings foundational petroleum engineering experience across exploration, appraisal, and development of conventional and unconventional reservoirs, complemented by deep expertise in sustainability, green hydrogen, and emerging new-energy systems. His advisory work, publications, and patents focus on accelerating decarbonization while safeguarding energy reliability and economic resilience. Increasingly, his focus includes supporting governments, regulators, utilities, and national operators in building future-ready public infrastructure — from digital operations centers and grid modernization to water, energy, and industrial decarbonization initiatives that improve service delivery and national competitiveness. Beyond industry, Ankesh co-founded Dabbagul, a digital-first logistics and food-tech venture, and actively engages with global renewable-energy and innovation networks through REI. He is passionate about building resilient enterprises, scaling digital platforms responsibly, and developing leadership teams capable of competing in rapidly evolving global markets across APAC region.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the Oil & Gas and Energy sectors with a focus on digital transformation.

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India

Experience: 12 yrs 10 mos

Skills

Business Strategy
Digital Transformation
Governance
Production Control
Digital Strategy
Sustainability
Production Optimization
Production Management
Advisory
Project Management
Petroleum Engineering
Well Stimulation
Technology Integration
Well Intervention

Career Highlights

Over 12 years of experience in business strategy and digital transformation.
Expert in leading multi-year programs in oil & gas and energy sectors.
Co-founder of a digital-first logistics and food-tech venture.

Work Experience

Accenture in India

Strategy Principal (India Market Unit) (11 mos)

Strategy Manager (India Market Unit) (1 yr 6 mos)

Strategy Consultant (India Market Unit) (2 yrs 1 mo)

Society of Petroleum Engineers International

Chairperson - Young Professionals, Executive Committee (11 mos)

Cairn Oil and Gas

Project Manager & Early Monetization Specialist (1 yr 1 mo)

Central Planning Team (6 mos)

Well Stimulation & New Technology Lead (2 yrs 9 mos)

Well Intervention & Hydraulic Fracturing Specialist (4 yrs)

Dabbagul

Co-Founder (2 yrs 2 mos)

Emerson Process Management

Management Summer Trainee (1 mo)

Cairn India Ltd

On-Field Trainee (0 mo)

Reliance Industries : E&P Division

Summer Intern - Reservoir Analyst (2 mos)

BG Group

Summer Intern (1 mo)

Central Labour Institute, Directorate General, Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes

Trainee (0 mo)

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

Summer Intern (1 mo)

Education

Certification - Executive Presence and Influence at INSEAD

Certification at INSEAD

Member of the Renewable Energy Institute at Renewable Energy Institute

Master of Business Administration - MBA at UPES

Bachelor of Technology - BTech at UPES

HSSC at Kendriya Vidyalaya

Ankesh Nagar

Co-Founder

Gurugram, Haryana, India12 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Over 12 years of experience in business strategy and digital transformation.
Expert in leading multi-year programs in oil & gas and energy sectors.
Co-founder of a digital-first logistics and food-tech venture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the Oil & Gas and Energy sectors with a focus on digital transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyDigital TransformationGovernanceProduction ControlDigital StrategySustainabilityProduction OptimizationProduction ManagementAdvisoryProject ManagementPetroleum EngineeringWell StimulationTechnology IntegrationWell Intervention

Other Skills

Operating Model RedesignClient DevelopmentESG OutcomesTalent AssessmentOT/IT IntegrationReal-time Asset VisibilityPredictive InsightsData GovernanceAI Capability UpliftOperationsMaintenanceSupply ChainAdvanced AnalyticsDecision WorkflowsDigital Production Management

About

Experience

12 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

11 mos

Current Experience

Accenture in india

3 roles

Strategy Principal (India Market Unit)

Promoted

Jun 2025 – Present · 11 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

For clients across O&G, Metals & Mining
Scope & Responsibilities
1. Lead growth and client development across strategic energy accounts as a Client account Lead(CAL), driving opportunity identification, deal shaping, and conversion for multi-year transformation programs.
2. Architect winning strategies for complex pursuits across digital transformation, operating-model redesign, capital projects management, and production control towers — focused on cost, reliability, and ESG outcomes.
3. Build and orchestrate partnerships with OFES players, technology vendors, MSMEs, and government agencies to unlock differentiated value propositions and enable consortium-led delivery.
4. Govern complex sales cycles end-to-end — qualification, executive stakeholder mapping, solution framing, commercial modeling, risk management, and contract compliance.
Selected Programs
1. Digital-first organizational strategy for a national E&P company — embedding digital into the enterprise core, establishing governance, and enabling data-led talent assessment and upskilling for 100 high-potential leaders from a 400+ cohort.
2. Enterprise Production Command & Control strategy for a leading public-sector oil & gas producer — blueprinting a centralized decision hub integrating OT/IT, real-time asset visibility, predictive insights, and cross-asset coordination.

Business StrategyDigital TransformationOperating Model RedesignClient DevelopmentESG Outcomes

Strategy Manager (India Market Unit)

Promoted

Dec 2023 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

For clients across O&G, metals and mining
Selected Programs
1. Enterprise Digital Strategy (Greenfield) for one of India’s largest single-site copper manufacturing complexes — designed a multi-year roadmap across operations, maintenance, supply chain, sustainability, and corporate functions; identified 30+ initiatives with INR 300 Cr+ value potential over three years.
2. Production Control Tower implementation for a major private O&G operator — shaped and delivered a data-driven operations command center integrating OT/IT, advanced analytics, and decision workflows; projected USD 200 Mn+ value over three years through improved throughput, reliability, and loss minimization.
3. Data & AI capability uplift for a national E&P company — designed assessments, curated learning tracks, and developed industry use-case libraries to systematically upskill targeted technical and leadership cohorts on AI-driven decision making.
4. Master Data & Data Governance blueprint for a large public-sector E&P — defined governance structures, data standards, SAP-aligned processes, and stewardship models to materially improve data quality as the foundation for analytics-at-scale.
5. Sustainable supply-chain transformation for a diversified natural resources enterprise — developed ESG-aligned supplier assessment models across 3,000+ vendors, creating a structured pathway to reduce Scope 3 emissions and enhance transparency across categories.

Digital StrategySustainabilityData GovernanceAI Capability Uplift

Strategy Consultant (India Market Unit)

Oct 2021 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo · New Delhi, Delhi, India

For clients across O&G, metals and mining
Select Programs:
Delivered high-impact strategy and digital programs for leading Indian oil & gas enterprises — spanning asset performance, production optimization, digital operations, ESG materiality, and carbon measurement — supporting India’s broader transition toward cleaner, more resilient energy systems.
Selected Programs
1. End-to-end digital production & reservoir management platform — structured strategic partnerships with Cognite and Schlumberger, shaped the architecture, and supported implementation for a major private O&G company to enable real-time insights and improved recovery.
2. Digital program design for a national E&P company — led solution evaluation and implementation strategy for initiatives including real-time production surveillance, well information systems, digital operator rounds, and intelligent rig scheduling.
3. Transformation adoption & value realization across a large oil-to-chemicals enterprise — built governance, KPI frameworks, and change interventions to ensure digital investments translated into measurable operational gains.
4. Enterprise digital transformation roadmap for a public-sector E&P — defined governance structures, prioritization models, and execution pathways to unlock production upside and workforce productivity.
5. Energy transition advisory to the Government of India (MoPNG ETAC) — contributed to sector-wide perspectives on net-zero pathways, carbon abatement levers, and national competitiveness.

Digital Production ManagementESG MaterialityCarbon MeasurementDigital TransformationProduction Optimization

Society of petroleum engineers international

Chairperson - Young Professionals, Executive Committee

Jun 2025 – Present · 11 mos · New Delhi Section

Spearhead initiatives to nurture young professionals in the oil and gas industry through targeted SPE programs for new world order.
Collaborate with industry leaders to provide mentorship opportunities, resulting in increased engagement and participation.

Cairn oil and gas

4 roles

Project Manager & Early Monetization Specialist

Promoted

Sep 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

1. Successfully intervened & tested first DSF Block in NER region to bring online a decade+ old abandoned asset with a lean team, timeline (< 3months) and budget (<2MM USD)
2. Prepared roadmap for early monetisation of DSF block. Prepared facility plan with RTMS requirements and successfully conducted Gas Marketing engagements with GSA in place.
3. Managed all external and internal stakeholders for successful delivery during the pandemic phase.
In addition, Responsible for the petroleum engineering design and operations for exploration prospects across 13 blocks (approx 8000 sq km acreage) along with lean surface facility concept to enable early monetisation followed by central facility concept over development phase. These blocks cover awarded blocks from OALP & DSF round.

Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementPetroleum Engineering DesignPetroleum Engineering

Central Planning Team

Mar 2020 – Sep 2020 · 6 mos

Responsible for design, planning and extending contractual support for all Petroleum engineering and Surface facilities operations towards upcoming exploration projects under OALP and DSF secured fields for the organisation across Rajasthan, Cambay and Northeast Region states of India.

Petroleum EngineeringContractual SupportDesign PlanningProject Management

Well Stimulation & New Technology Lead

Jun 2017 – Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Leading Stimulation Design & Operations Team - Designing Stimulations in challenging polymer flooded environment in artificially lifted wells on ESP, Jet pumps and PCPs. Operations planned with Coil Tubing and Pumping services based well stimulations, thru tubing jobs and various other well services activities. Responsible for identifying and integrating relevant new technologies into daily operation after thorough Pilot planning, execution and review.
End to end (Concept to Execution) delivery of Cairn Oil & Gas First Succesful Radial Jet Drilling Pilot Campaign in Injection Wells across the Mature fields.
Successful pilot planning and execution of technology for enhanced Wellbore Cleanup on CT and stimulation for conformance improvement - an Waveform dominates energy based fluid distribution for pin-point Stimulation as well as cavitation based well cleanup tool. Convinced management & stakeholders to incorporate the same for regular operations show casing effective results of the pilot campaign.
Leading pilot project planning & Implementation of Non intrusive Scale Control Technology and Seismic Stimulation based EOR Pilot.
Serving as contract holder ( Portfolio Value ~60MMUSD) of Deployed CT (Coiled Tubing) and pumping services across the organisation- Involving tracking of services, chemical consumption, callouts, special chemicals testing and application.
Conceptualized, designed and implemented a new injector stimulation technique termed as "Sand Scouring" (Sept 2017). 22 out of 25 wells revived from zero injectivity while rest with improved injectivity & conformance by 2 'x' of initial injectivity index. The technique has also resulted in sustenance of injection performance.
Conducting special studies and stimulation types for polymer injectors, revival of dormant water injector with no injectivity, hybrid stimulations, water shut-offs and other case specific applications.
Responsible for scheduling of multiple rigless intervention activities

Stimulation DesignNew Technology IntegrationPilot PlanningWell StimulationTechnology Integration

Well Intervention & Hydraulic Fracturing Specialist

Jun 2013 – Jun 2017 · 4 yrs

Performed Gate review process for appraisal & development tight oil projects including Technical Review Committee Presentations & Commercial Review Committee (computing PE related costings based upon technical program for entire project) Presentations.
Conducted resource planning for the upcoming projects including identification of services, raising callouts requirements, framing Scope of Work for Tenders (e.g. Frac Sleeves, Frac Lower Completion etc.) , following up on tenders with PSCM/Finance & Integrated Planning Team as well as external stakeholders.
Ensured well integrity management plan is implemented for the given strategic business unit along with identification of cause & possible remediation/dispensation etc. for such cases.
Planned and executed tight oil water flood pilot project.
Identification & evaluation (using PROSPER,GAP etc.) of production optimization opportunities for Satellite fields with wells on Artificial lift i.e. SRP & PCPs. Contributing towards the cost optimization drive for the present strategic business unit.
Tight oil field development planning and frac optimization based upon application of completion techniques and performance evaluation.
Design and implementation of massive multistage horizontal fracturing onshore- tight reservoir/HPHT environment : 400,000 lbs of proppant each (SPE 178114-MS) Including microseismic results and understanding its impact on fracture design.
Analysis & execution of hydraulic fracturing to obtain both transverse and longitudinal fractures. (SPE-181376 / IPTC-18918-MS)
Management of contracts, budgeting and demand forecasting of resources for frac operations.
# Conducted well site supervision of various on-field operations:
Coil Tubing(CT) : Well stimulation, pickling, well activation,sand cleanout, fishing etc.
Wireline & Slickline jobs
Surface Well Test(SWT) - Extended well testing, setup an Early Production facility (EPF).

Well InterventionHydraulic FracturingResource PlanningProject Management

Dabbagul

Co-Founder

Mar 2016 – May 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

First subscription based food-tech service in Delhi NCR. Raised Seed investment from Angel investors.

Emerson process management

Management Summer Trainee

Jun 2012 – Jul 2012 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

(a) Managing & performing the 'Pre-Job' Operations for Installation & Commissioning of HM/HS Downhole Pressure Gauges for BG-India & ONGC - Roxar, India.
During the entire learning experience, visited ONGC Nhava, BG Warehouse & Pipeyard and Weatherford Yard.
(b) Formulated a 'Market Penetration Strategy' for Marine Business Unit - Bunker Measurement & Fuel Consumption Solutions in India, Flow BU - EPM.

Cairn india ltd

On-Field Trainee

Mar 2012 – Mar 2012 · 0 mo · Mangala Oilfield & Mangala Processing Plant (MPT), Barmer, Rajasthan

On-Field Trainee for Coil Tubing (Stimulation), Fishing Jobs and knowledge for University Major Project on 'Creating a Global Model for Fracture-Fall off Analysis' with help of study of Minifrac for a selected well.

Reliance industries : e&p division

Summer Intern - Reservoir Analyst

Jun 2011 – Aug 2011 · 2 mos · Mumbai

Well Test Analysis for Gas wells in KG Basin for D1-D3 Asset along with the detailed study of hydraulic fracturing and its 'Frac-pack' completion in selected wells.

Bg group

Summer Intern

Jun 2010 – Jul 2010 · 1 mo · Mumbai,India

Project: 'Reservoir analysis of Panna oil field using Material Balance (MBAL), Coning/ Channeling Studies and Basics of Reservoir Simulation (Eclipse)'.