Famous People with Name Shankar

Shankar Nag            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Nag: a popular actor and director of Kannada cinema. He also directed and acted in the teleserial, Malgudi days (???????? ????), based on celebrated novelist R.K.Narayan's (???.??.???????) short stories. Besides these, he was actively involved in Kannada theatre activities.Shankar Nag was born on November 09, 1954 in Karnataka (in Mallapur village from Honavar taluk (Near Kumta) of Uttara Kannada district). After completing formal education, Shankar moved to Bombay (now Mumbai). In Mumbai he was attracted to Marathi theatre and immersed himself in theatrical activities. Incidentally, he met his future wife, Arundhathi (???????) during a drama rehearsal.

Shankar Lakshman            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Lakshman: was an Indian hockey player. He was goalkeeper of the Indian team in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics, that won two gold medals and one silver medal. He was captain of the Indian team which won the gold in the 1966 Asian Games. He belonged to Mhow and liv

Shankar Jaikishan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Jaikishan: an Indian musical composer duo in the Hindi film industry, were active mainly during the 1950s and 1960s. They were the premier composers of their period which is also considered the golden era of Hindi film music. They are generally regarded as the greatest composers in the Hindi film industry. Their fan following includes the likes of Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, O.P. Nayyar, Laxmikant of Laxmikant Pyarelal fame, Anu Malik, Usha Khanna. Rahul Dev Burman used to take tips from Jaikishan on a regular basis.

Shankar Sarda            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Sarda: a well known critic, journalist, editor and author in Marathi Literature. He has authored over 60 books in Marathi. He has critiqued and reviewed around 2500 books in various newspapers since 1960. He was awarded Nieman Fellowship in 1964 at Harvard University [1]. He was editor of various Marathi newspapers like Maharashtra Times Sunday edition, Daily Lokmitra, Dainik Aikya, Dainik Deshdoot, Lokmat.

Shankar Oraon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Oraon: is an Indiaan footballer who is currently playing for Chirag United in the I-League as a Forward.

Ananda Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ananda Shankar: was an Bengali musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to Tanushree Shankar.In the late 1960s Shankar travelled to Los Angeles, where he played with many contemporary musicians including Jimi Hendrix. There he was signed to Reprise Records and released his first self-titled album in 1970, featuring original Indian classical material alongside sitar-based cover versions of popular hits such as The Rolling Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash and The Doors' Light My Fire. This album has become an enduring cult classic.[citation needed]

Lakshminarayanan Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Lakshminarayanan Shankar: a violinist, vocalist and composer.After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Physics in India, Shankar moved to America in 1969 and earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University. Here he met jazz musicians Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Garrison, and John McLaughlin while working as a teaching assistant and concert master of the University Chamber Orchestra. In 1975 Shankar and McLaughlin founded Shakti, a pioneering, groundbreaking and highly influential east-meets-west collaboration, with a fluid sound that managed to successfully combine seemingly incompatible traditions. His first solo album, Touch Me There, was produced by Frank Zappa in 1979.[3] Shankar founded his own band - The Epidemics, in 1982, with the composer Caroline. He released three albums with the band.

Kamala Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kamala Shankar: a Hindustani classical guitar player. She is married to sitar player Rajeev Janardan, with whom she performs.[1] Shankar is the first woman to have been awarded a doctorate in guitar. [2][3]Kamala was trained in music by her mother from the age of six, and went on to study with khyal singer Channulal Mishra and sitar maestro Bimalendu Mukherjee. She received a doctorate of music (guitar playing) from vichitra-beenkar Gopal Shankar Mishra at Banaras Hindu University, and also holds bachelor's degrees in both vocal music and zoology.[2]

Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar: was an Indian painter and sitar player, son of sitar great Ravi Shankar and surbahar (bass sitar) player Annapurna Devi. He could play the sitar, and surbahar, and used to accompany his father on American tours, but did not have a solo career. He was the half-brother of Ravi Shankar's daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.

Raj Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Raj Shankar: was an Indian biochemist. [1] His main fields of specialization were neurobiochemistry and clinical biochemistry. His contributions on neurochemistry are well recognized and he had been invited to deliver lectures in various prestigious conferences.Shankar studied developmental neurobiology with special emphasis on malnutrition during the brain growth spurt. His work clearly established that undernutrition during brain development causes some irreversible changes. In 1991