Ankit Kumar Srivastava received the B.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from the V. B. S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, the M.Tech. degree in power electronics and drives from the Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, and the Ph.D. degree from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, India. He has published several papers in reputed international journals and various national/international conferences. His current interests include the area of short-term load and price forecasting, AI applications in power systems, computational Intelligence, and renewable energy.