Shankar is the Founder and Managing Partner of Ash-Hubs, a Design Thinking and innovation consulting firm that helps organizations build an innovation ecosystem for their rapid and sustained growth. With more than two decades of corporate experience, Shankar has held leadership positions at Deutsche Bank, Accenture where he has played strategic roles and has driven mission-critical initiatives early in his career, at IBM. Shankar is an engineer by background from National Institute of Technology, a premier institute in India.
Shankar is a Master Facilitator in bringing about a Mindset Shift and a graduate in Coaching from The Arbinger Institute, Utah, USA which is boutique global consulting firm and scholarly consortium. He is one of the select coaches worldwide who have undertaken the journey to coach beyond behaviour and help others improve their way of being as they pursue their goals. Shankar is credentialed through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) as a Professionally Certified Coach (PCC).
Shankar has facilitated empathy workshops and coached more than 1000 mid to senior-level leaders across several MNCs and SMEs, spreading across domains both in India and South East Asia. He is a much-sought-after speaker on Mindset and Disruption in various industry and academic forums.
Shankar has a deep spiritual side, being a practitioner of Self-Enquiry as expounded by the great Indian spiritual Guru Sri Ramana Maharshi. He lives in Bangalore with his wife, Deepa and son, Brihan.