CEO, Business Blogging
Co-Founder, The Knowledge Foundation

Kiruba Shankar is CEO of Business Blogging Pvt Ltd and Director of F5ive Technologies. He has 12 years of experience in the Internet space. Prior to this, he was Associate Director at Sulekha.com. He is based in Chennai, India.

Kiruba is one of the founders of The Knowledge Foundation, the group behind successful events like BlogCamp, India's Biggest Unconference on Blogging, Proto.in, premiere event showcasing startups. He also regularly organizes MobileMondays and BarCamps. He is on the advisory board of Brand Asia Summit.

Kiruba loves teaching and teaches at Asian College of Journalism, Anna University, Madras Advertising Club, SRM University. He has lectured on Social Media at IIM Kozhikode, IIM Bangalore and IIT Madras.

He authors technology columns at the New Indian Express and Business Standard Newspaper. He is an official blogger for NASSCOM and IAMAI (Internet and Mobile Association of India)

He is a professional podcaster and hosts a show called 'The Kiruba Show' where he interviews CEOs of Indian IT companies. BusinessWorld Magazine ranks his blog Kiruba.com as one of India's top blogs.

Kiruba is a rowing champion and has captained the Sify Rowing Team to four championship titles. He has participated in Chennai and Bangalore marathons. His recent passion is Ultimate Frisbee.