Kiruba Shankar

Current
  • 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
Past
Education
  • Bangalore University
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Kiruba Shankar’s Experience

  • Director (Designate)

    Wikimedia India

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

    August 2009Present (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 2009Present (4 months)

    RangDe is a MicroCredit organization from ICICI Foundation.

  • Columnist

    Business Standard

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

    March 2008Present (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 2007Present (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 2007Present (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 2006Present (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)

    2006Present (3 years )

  • Founder Director

    F5ive Technologies

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

    January 2002Present (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 2005November 2006 (1 year 1 month)

  • Senior Executive, Portals

    Sify

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

    19992003 (4 years )


Kiruba Shankar’s Education

  • Bangalore University

    Bachelor of Engineering , Instrumentation and Electronics , 19911995


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Kiruba Shankar’s Interests:

Rowing, Gardening, Ultimate Frisbee, Cycling

Kiruba Shankar’s Groups:

CoFounder, The Knowledge Foundation, IAMAI, NASSCOM Emerging Companies Forum, Web Innovation 2007, Nokia World, InfoVision 2007

  •    The Knowledge Foundation Society
  •    Speakers and Panelists
  •    India's CXO Group
  •    Social Media Marketing
  •    Application, Network Performance & Security Testing
  •    Sify Technologies
  •    Cerebrate - the forum for achievers
  •    Middle East Internet & New Media Association
  •    SearchCamp
  •    The Indian Startup Fraternity
  •    Wikipedia India
  •    Social Media Research Lab
  •    Customer Experience

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