Nationality Indian Role Television actor Name Pawan Shankar | Known for Siddhanth Years active 2005-present Spouse Yukti Shankar | |
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Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Occupation Actor, Television Presenter Awards Indian Telly Award for Best Actor - Critics Nominations Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role | ||
Pawan Shankar is an Indian television actor who played the title role in the serial Siddhanth on Star One He holds an MBA in finance from Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad. An alumnus of Allahabad's St. Joseph's College, Shankar graduated with a Gold Medal from Allahabad University.
Contents
- Career in Sports
- Corporate Life
- Career in Acting
- Entrepreneurial Journey
- Brief Profile
- Television Commercials
- Awards
- References
Career in Sports
He is also a sportsman. He was a National Cadet Champion in Table Tennis, and represented Uttar Pradesh in 17 national-level tournaments. He was a Table Tennis champion in Sub-Juniors and Junior category for Uttar Pradesh.
Corporate Life
Mr. Shankar has worked in companies including Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd., Essar Cellphone, Hutch and ICICI Securities for about 4 years.
Career in Acting
He completed a course in acting from Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Lab, Mumbai and won the Best Actor Critics Award in the Indian Telly Awards for his performance in Siddhanth, a serial that won the best drama award in Indian Television Academy Awards. Shankar was nominated for the Best Actor category in Apsara Awards.
Film critic Subhash K. Jha and others reviewed Shankar's performance in Siddhanth favourably. Shankar played the role of Sanjay Apte, a trade union leader, in Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Sa Aasman on Star Plus, well-reviewed by Subhash K. Jha. Union Minister Ms.Smriti Zubin Irani played the role of his sister in this series.
Shankar worked as a model for more than 50 advertisements for Indian and Multinational brands. He played the title role in the TV series Vicky Ki Taxi on Real TV Channel.
Shankar was the lead actor in the TV programme "Kya Hua Tera Vaada" playing a man in an extra-marital affair on Sony TV produced by Ekta Kapoor.
Entrepreneurial Journey
Shankar is a known entrepreneur and has 2 companies named FASHIONISTA Fashion & Lifestyle Exhibitions www.fashionistaindia.com & Educationista Exhibitions www.educationistaindia.com.
About Fashionista:
FASHIONISTA is now rated as the 2rd largest company in ‘Multi-city Category’ and 3rd largest in ‘Rising Star Category’ across all industries by Exhibition Excellence Award 2017 in India. FASHIONISTA Exhibitions provides a platform to Designers from all over India to reach out to different cities and expand their reach. Fashionista started the trend of Fashion Exhibitions in Tier II cities way back in 2008 when others were focusing on metros. Now the company has entered in the 9th year with more than 131 exhibition under its belt. Fashionista has a presence in 23 Tier II cities spreading across 12 states of India namely Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP, MP, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttarakand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.
About Educationista:
EDUCATIONISTA, yet another venture of Shankar, started in Nov 2014, now has a presence in 8 states of India namely Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh.
The companyprovides an Admission & Counseling platform in 2 segments partnering with THE TIMES OF INDIA; Times Prestigious Schools Exhibition & Times Distinct Career Exhibition which helps parents & students in getting updated with modern education avenues, means and methods.
Pawan Shankar, Managing Director, Educationista was awarded with the Bharat Excellence Award 2016 his contribution to the Education sector and his firm EDUCATIONISTA, received the Indian Excellence Award 2016 naming it the fastest growing exhibition company of India in education sector primarily for providing organized platform for Boarding Schools in India. The award was conferred by Friendship Forum of India, a New Delhi based social & cultural organization focused on forging greater unity, integrity and collaboration among Indians across the globe. The Award recognizes the various achievements, excellence in business and outstanding contribution made by individuals and institutions towards Society and National Welfare. The awards are a testimony towards the proactive attitude, innovation, contribution and global perspective reflected by the recipient towards business and economy.