Shankar Mahadevan : Singer, Composer & Grammy Winner

Date of Birth: March 3, 1967
Shankar Mahadevan is a Grammy-winning Indian singer and composer, known for his association with the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio, which creates music for Indian films.
He was honored with a honorary doctorate (honoris causa degree) by Birmingham City University in 2023.

Shankar Mahadevan was born into a Palakkad Iyer family in Chembur, Mumbai, with roots in Palakkad, Kerala.
He started learning Hindustani classical and Carnatic music as a child and began playing the veena at the age of five under Shri Lalitha Venkataraman.
Mahadevan studied music under Pandit Shrinivas Khale and T.R. Balamani.
He graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and initially worked as a software engineer for Leading Edge Systems (now Trigyn Technologies Limited) before venturing into music.
Shankar Mahadevan has two sons, Siddharth Mahadevan and Shivam Mahadevan, both of whom are singers.

Mahadevan gained early fame as an indipop star with his fusion of Carnatic, Hindustani, and Jazz.
His non-film album, “Breathless,” released in 1998, topped the Indian music charts and brought him widespread recognition.