Kiruba Shankar

Current

Director (Designate) at Wikimedia India
Board Member at RangDe
Columnist at Business Standard

Technology Columnist at The New Indian Express
CEO at Business Blogging Pvt Ltd
CoFounder at The Knowledge Foundation
Co-Founder at Proto.in
Founder Director at F5ive Technologies

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Past

Associate Director at Sulekha.com
Senior Executive, Portals at Sify

Education

Bangalore University

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500+ connections

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Information Technology and Services

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Kiruba Shankar’s Experience

Director (Designate)

Wikimedia India

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)

Wikimedia Foundation is the body that oversees many projects that include Wikipedia (World's largest Encyclopaedia), Wikitonary, WikiNews etc. It's a global non-profit body founded by Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.
Board Member

RangDe

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)

RangDe is a MicroCredit organization from ICICI Foundation.
Columnist

Business Standard

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

The column appears every Thursday and focuses on technology with a strong local perspective and a global outlook.
Technology Columnist

The New Indian Express

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Newspapers industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

The column is called 'Insight' and it appears on every Tuesday's edition.
CEO

Business Blogging Pvt Ltd

(Management Consulting industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

Business Blogging Pvt Ltd helps corporates leveage the power of social media through blogging, podcasting and wikis.
CoFounder

The Knowledge Foundation

(Information Services industry)

April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

The Knowledge Foundation is a non-profit body that aims to be a watering hole for sharing knowledge in niche areas. TKF organizes many of India's leading unconferences like BlogCamp, BarCamps, WikiCamp, PodWorks, FailCamp, Mobile Mondays, Open Coffee Clubs and Proto.in, one of India's biggest entrepreneurship events.
Co-Founder

Proto.in

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2006 — Present (3 years )
Founder Director

F5ive Technologies

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

F5ive Technologies is a full fledged web design and development company. As the founder Director, I take care of marketing and business development.
Associate Director

Sulekha.com

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

November 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Senior Executive, Portals

Sify

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SIFY; Information Technology and Services industry)

1999 — 2003 (4 years )