Dr. Shashank Shah is an eminent researcher in the field of Corporate Responsibility and Stakeholder Management Strategy with noteworthy contributions through original ideas and pioneering analyses to his credit. He completed his PhD and Post-Doctoral Research in the area of Corporate Stakeholders Management at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam.
As the Chief Editor and Coordinator of the Sri Sathya Sai University's Publications Division for more than 6 years, he has compiled and edited over 30 books on the Message of the Revered Founder Chancellor, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Noteworthy among these include: the 'My Dear Students' series of books which cover 108 Divine Discourses for students and youth; the 'Students with Sai: Conversations' series of books which includes conversations between Swami and students during the years 1991 to 2004.
Between 2002 and 2010, Dr. Shashank was blessed by Swami to address large gatherings of students, youth and Sai devotees on over 25 occasions at Prasanthi Nilayam, Brindavan, Chennai and Kodaikanal in the Divine physical presence. Over the last 15 years, he has addressed youth conferences of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations from the states of Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Between 2005 and 2014, he was a keynote speaker at the World Youth Conference, All India Vice- Chancellors' Conference, All India Bal Vikas Alumni Conference, All India Conference of District Presidents and Senior Office Bearers, Middle-Eastern Countries' Regional Conference, and the Far-Eastern Countries' Regional Conference at Prasanthi Nilayam; and the North-Eastern States Regional Conference at USA, besides talks on various other occasions - both in India and overseas.
From 1999 to 2002, Dr. Shashank Shah was a Member of the Youth Wing, Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Mumbai and actively associated with the Education in Human Values Programme of the Institute of Sathya Sai Education, Mumbai.
A Jamsetji Tata Trust Grantee, Dr. Shashank Shah is currently pursuing post-doctoral research in the area of Corporate Responsibility at Harvard Business School, USA, and is a Research Fellow at the Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI).
Above all, he is blessed to be from a family of Sai devotees from the year 1965 when his great grandmother first visited Prasanthi Nilayam. In the year 1974, Swami physically visited his family residence in Mumbai.
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