Pawan Shankar
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Pawan Shankar
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| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actor, Television Presenter |
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Known for | Siddhanth |
| Spouse(s) | Yukti Shankar |
| Website | http://www.pawanshankar.com/ |
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.
He is also a sportsman. He was a national cadet champion in table tennis, and represented Uttar Pradesh in 17 national-level tournaments. Shankar worked in companies including Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd., Essar Cellphone, Hutch and ICICI Securities for about 4 years.
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 Hero Honda 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.
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 Channel.
Shankar was the lead actor in the TV programme "Kya Hua Tera Vaada" on Sony, playing a man in an extra-marital affair.
Shankar is a well known entrepreneur as well and has 2 companies named FASHIONISTA Fashion & Lifestyle Exhibitions www.fashionistaindia.com & Educationista Exhibitions www.educationistaindia.com. FASHIONISTA is now rated Exhibition Showcase Magazine www.exhibitionawards.co as the 3rd largest company by Exhibition Excellence Award 2016 in India in ‘Multi-city Category’ across all industries. 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 11 states of India namely Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP, MP, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttarakand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka.
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