He is known for television shows like Mahabharat, Kumkum Bhagya, Naagin 3, Haiwaan and Kaatelal & Sons as well as the Marathi film Farzand.
[2] On 2 December 2015 he married Indian television actress Ruchi Savarn, his co star, whom he met on the sets of Ghar Aaja Pardesi.
Ankit appeared in Pankaj Kapoor's Mausam, In which he played Ashfaq Hussain, an Air Force officer.
He has appeared in many Hindi TV serials like Ghar Aaja Pardesi, Basera and Shobha Somnath Ki.
Again in December 2018 he returned to the show as a shape-shifting serpent son of Nidhogsh Vansh Queen, Sumitra Rakshanda Khan.