Akanksha is the Communications and Public Relaltions Officer with a national student lobby organization. Akanksha was also the 2019/20 President of the University of Alberta Students' Union and the 2018-19 Vice President Academic where she Chaired of the University of Alberta Open Education Advocacy Group. In this role, she represents to 32,000 Undergraduate students to the internal university through the variety of committees she sits on, and works closely with over 1500 student representatives on her campus.