An entrepreneur ahead of his times and a visionary for the years to come , Mr. V . Shankar is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras , and a PG in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkatta. After a brief stint working for an MNC, he founded CAMS (Computer Age Management Services Pvt. Ltd.) in 1988 - and ran it till he exited - to provide a Stock Exchange like Platform to the Indian Mutual Fund industry. CAMS is the largest company in its space in India, with a market share of 68%, and is also one of the largest of its kind in the world. It has now become a professionally managed listed entity. His current activity involves both Public and Angel Investing, as well as mentoring for startups and mature organisations, through my investment vehicle, Acsys Investments Pvt. Ltd. He has been conferred Entrepreneur of the Year award by TIE Chennai, the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. He is a Rotarian, a Past President of TIE Chennai, and member of The Chennai Angels, the MMA and The Institution of Engineers. He is on the Boards of IIT Madras Incubator, IIT Madras Alumni Charitable Trust, IIM Kolkatta Incubation Park, TIE Chennai and MMA. Listen to him on the Podcast Gamechangers with Group CFO , Sun Group Mr. S.L Narayanan on the Red FM India App.

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