Abhinav Srivastava currently serves as Deputy Commissioner at the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, RD & GR, Government of India, since December 2022. Prior to this role, Abhinav held positions as Deputy Director and Assistant Director at the Central Water Commission from February 2014 to December 2022, focusing on designs related to dams and their components, including tunneling. Abhinav began their professional career at Larsen & Toubro as a Post Graduate Engineer Trainee (PGET), working on foundation design from August 2011 to January 2012. Abhinav holds a dual degree in Master of Technology (M.Tech.) and Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Structural Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, completed in 2011.