diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index bdd6c5329..29e0e6a55 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ Alfonso Acosta <fons@syntacticsugar.consulting> (@2opremio)
 Filip Barl <filip@weave.works> (@fbarl)
 Bryan Boreham <bryan@weave.works> (@bboreham)
 Satyam Zode <satyam.zode@openebs.io> (@satyamz)
+Akash Srivastava <akash.srivastava@openebs.io> (@qiell)