Mr Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan is a Whole Time Member of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) looking after Market Intermediaries Regulation and Supervision Department (MIRSD), Alternative Investment Fund and Foreign Portfolio Investors Department (AFD), Integrated Surveillance Department (ISD), Department of Economic & Policy Analysis (DEPA), and Information Technology Department (ITD).  He is also at present a Member of the Board of Governors of National Institute of Securities Market (NISM).

Prior to the current assignment, Mr Ananth Narayan held the position of Associate Professor, S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai. Prior to that, he had more than two and half decades of experience in banking and financial markets and has held various senior positions.

Mr Ananth Narayan has also served as a Director on the Boards of various organisations. He has also been a Member of various advisory committees constituted by SEBI and RBI.

He holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and a Bachelor of Technology (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.