Anil Razdan was Secretary Power and Special Secretary /Additional Secretary Petroleum and Natural Gas to the Government of India. He has worked as Joint Secretary Power, Director Energy Management Centre (now Bureau of Energy Efficiency) and Director/Joint Secretary Atomic Energy, Government of India. He was Principal Secretary to the Government of Haryana in the Irrigation, Power, and Public Works Departments, besides Chairman Haryana Power Generation Corporation, Chief Administrator Haryana Urban Development Authority and Director Town and Country Planning, Director School Education, Director Public Relations (Information) and Tourism and Press Secretary to Chief Minister Haryana. He has been Chairman-cum-Managing Director of North East Electric Power Corporation, and a Board Member of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Gas Authority of India, Indian Oil, Powergrid, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, Rural Electrification Corporation, Power Finance Corporation, Bhakra Beas Management Board, Haryana State Electricity Board, Tala Hydro Power Authority Bhutan, Bharat Electronics Ltd., Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation, Power Trading Corporation of India and various other Corporations. He initiated the 50, 000 MW initiative on Hydro Power 2003, and was instrumental in ensuring capacity addition start up of nearly 60, 000 MW between 2007 and 2009 in India.

A National Science Talent Scholar alumnus of St. Stephen’s College Delhi University in Physics, a University and National Merit Scholar in Law from Faculty of Law, Delhi University. He is a recipient of Hiralal Daga Gold Medal in Law. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford for Energy and Sustainable Development: Global and Indian Perspectives. He was member of the Permanent Monitoring Panel on Energy of the World Federation of Scientists, Erice, Italy till 2015.Was Chairman CEO Forum on Demand Side Management, Shakti Foundation. Was awarded Leading Energy Personality Award, India Power Awards 2012. He represented India at various international energy fora like IEA and CSLF.

He chaired a global study on Energy for Megacities by the World Energy Council. Was Scientific Consultant for Energy Technologies to the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India. He chaired the Expert Appraisal Committee of Ministry of Environment and Forests Government of India for Infrastructure and Coastal Projects2013-16, was Convenor of the Government of India Task Force for MoU with Public Sector Enterprises for the Energy/Power group of companies from 2010-2015.

He is currently the elected President of the India Energy Forum, Chairman Energy and Environment Foundation, Chairman National Expert Committee on Energy Indian Chamber of Commerce, Patron National Management Committee of Project Management Associates, the Indian Member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and Chairman of the TERI-SEFI Green Energy Think Tank. He has been a Peer Reviewer for the World Energy Outlook of the International Energy Agency for a number of years. 

He is an eminent and sought after international energy expert, writer and consultant.