After graduation, Ankur worked in New York City for an advertising technology firm before quitting his job and pursuing acting full-time.

As a student, Ankur was an active member of musical theater productions, a cappella groups, and dance companies.

In 2018, he found his way back to the stage, alongside Ila Arun and K. K. Raina, as the lead in Tammy Ryan's, Baby's Blues[3] which premiered at the National Centre for the Performing Arts.

That same year he played Arjun Mathur’s gay love interest in another Amazon Prime series, Made in Heaven.

Ankur went on to book his first lead roles with the crime thriller series, Undekhi,[7] and the Marathi film, Nirmal En Route.