Anuj Gupta

Anuj is a distinguished policy leader and strategist who has played a catalytic role across India’s government and private sector, guiding stakeholders through the country’s complex and evolving policy and investment landscape. As BGA’s India practice leader, he helps clients leverage the country’s rapid economic growth to advance their goals and strategies. 

Anuj previously led public policy efforts for the Tata Group, India’s largest business conglomerate, where he advised more than 30 group companies on policy affairs strategy. His interventions directly influenced high-stakes outcomes across diverse sectors, including technology, finance and manufacturing.  

Anuj spent a decade in the Indian and Abu Dhabi governments, where he shaped flagship policies across trade and industry, energy, finance, technology, infrastructure and startups. As chief of staff to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, he was instrumental in India’s recent trade and supply chain realignment. He worked on the landmark production-linked incentive schemes; negotiated free trade agreements with Australia, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States; drove record-breaking foreign direct investment inflows; and improved the ease of doing business by removing about 40,000 compliance requirements. He also served as a special adviser to the Abu Dhabi Executive Office on energy, environment, tourism and culture. 

He has helped transform India into a preferred destination for global manufacturing diversification with favorable policies to leverage its large talent pool, growing domestic market and emerging trade routes connecting the Indo-Pacific with Africa, the Middle East and Europe. 

Anuj has also supported India’s transition into the one of the top four global energy markets, accelerating renewable energy expansion and enhancing coal production efficiency. His work on digital policy tracking tools reflects his commitment to inclusive and transparent governance.  

Earlier in his career, Anuj worked in management consulting for about a decade leading strategy and implementation projects across Asia and Africa with Strategic Decisions Group (now Strategy&, formerly Booz & Company) and KPMG. 

Anuj holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and a Bachelor of Technology in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is also an alumnus of Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. In his spare time, he enjoys reading and exploring ideas at the intersection of policy, the history of innovation and global development.