Mr. Shankar is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (’81), and a Post Graduate in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (’83). After a brief stint working for an MNC, he founded CAMS (Computer Age Management Services Pvt. Ltd.) in 1988 to provide a Stock Exchange like Platform to the Indian Mutual Fund industry – and ran it till he exited. CAMS is the largest company in its space in India, with a market share of 68%, and is also one of the largest of its kind in the world. It has now become a professionally managed listed entity. He has been conferred Entrepreneur of the Year award by TIE Chennai, the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is a Rotarian, a Past President of TIE Chennai, and member of The Chennai Angels, the MMA and The Institution of Engineers. He is on the Boards of IIT Madras Incubator, IIT Madras Alumni Charitable Trust, IIM Calcutta Incubation Park, TIE Chennai and MMA.