In addition to his work at Voltig, Bhanu has experience in energy & mining projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. He has worked at optimising energy use and modelling energy demand. His academic research and professional work has encompassed topics in nuclear fusion, dynamic systems modelling, and optimisation of energy systems and trading. Bhanu is also a director of Genfex, an energy focused consulting business. 

Bhanu has an MEng (Chemical Engineering), First Class Honours, from Imperial College, London.

In his leisure time he is interested in chess and boxing