Who are you? The first question that pops-up when we meet someone first time. As you ask me this, I pose the same question 'Who am I ?' and that introduced multiple faces of mine to me.
I am Sankaralingam. Friends call me Sankar/ Shankar. Born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in Southern India. My ancestral roots are from Mavadipannai village near Thenthiruperai in Tuticorin district in south Tamil Nadu. I did all the academics of schooling, engineering college and management studies in Chennai. Living long time in same city is good in a way that you get to know the local flavours very well. However, after a while you start getting a feel that you are disconnected from the rest of the big great world.
After completing MBA, I was doing sales jobs for couple of years in Chennai. These two years taught me two things that I treasure as mantras of my life: 1. Understanding people is crucial for personal and professional development 2. Work hard to make things happen; nothing comes easy in this world. With these take-away, in 2006, shifted base to Bangalore and jumped into a career in Information Technology in SAP Consulting space. Today, I am a full-time SAP Consultant specializing in SD module. The client facing consulting assignments are highly challenging and always brings the best out of me to achieve stakeholders delight. On the other hand, it tagged me a globetrotter outlook as I got to travel to every corner of the world, exposing me to spectrum of cultures, people, experiences. As a global citizen, I am lucky to have got the opportunities to live in various cosmopolitan cities: Bangalore, London, Paris, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro and Brisbane. I leverage these travel prospects to constantly upgrade in every aspect of life that matters to me as a person.
Apart from SAP, I am keen to do things that are important in my view and improve me in one way or other. I enjoy playing snooker and have won handful of accolades in the board game over the past fifteen years of playing. When I am in creative mood, I relish multimedia work like photography and video making and broadcast myself to the world through media like YouTube. I constantly look out for opportunities to learn, gain knowledge through every possible resource like people, books, internet.
Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, no wonder I have a natural passion for business. My father is a retailer, whose legacy is being carried forward by my brother. I live with my lovely wife Priya and my adorable son Sakthi. Priya is a Chennaite as well and works for a US corporate, close to a decade now. She is my strength as she unconditionally supports all my aspirations and ventures. Sakthi, our little wonder entered this world in Feb 2014 and hijacked us to his fun-filled dream world with his laughter and love. In Tamil literature, 'Sakthi' means power, energy. We are much stronger now with third player in our team as he keeps charging us with his positive energy.
Life is a roller-coaster ride. Looking back the roads traveled, it was not an easy journey but definitely a worthy one filled with few tough decisions that tested my audacity, difficult situations that challenged my abilities and lots of delighted moments to cherish forever. Perhaps this is how the designer has designed life to make us strong and better day by day. Of course, I am excited to face all that more to come.
After completing MBA, I was doing sales jobs for couple of years in Chennai. These two years taught me two things that I treasure as mantras of my life: 1. Understanding people is crucial for personal and professional development 2. Work hard to make things happen; nothing comes easy in this world. With these take-away, in 2006, shifted base to Bangalore and jumped into a career in Information Technology in SAP Consulting space. Today, I am a full-time SAP Consultant specializing in SD module. The client facing consulting assignments are highly challenging and always brings the best out of me to achieve stakeholders delight. On the other hand, it tagged me a globetrotter outlook as I got to travel to every corner of the world, exposing me to spectrum of cultures, people, experiences. As a global citizen, I am lucky to have got the opportunities to live in various cosmopolitan cities: Bangalore, London, Paris, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro and Brisbane. I leverage these travel prospects to constantly upgrade in every aspect of life that matters to me as a person.
Apart from SAP, I am keen to do things that are important in my view and improve me in one way or other. I enjoy playing snooker and have won handful of accolades in the board game over the past fifteen years of playing. When I am in creative mood, I relish multimedia work like photography and video making and broadcast myself to the world through media like YouTube. I constantly look out for opportunities to learn, gain knowledge through every possible resource like people, books, internet.
Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, no wonder I have a natural passion for business. My father is a retailer, whose legacy is being carried forward by my brother. I live with my lovely wife Priya and my adorable son Sakthi. Priya is a Chennaite as well and works for a US corporate, close to a decade now. She is my strength as she unconditionally supports all my aspirations and ventures. Sakthi, our little wonder entered this world in Feb 2014 and hijacked us to his fun-filled dream world with his laughter and love. In Tamil literature, 'Sakthi' means power, energy. We are much stronger now with third player in our team as he keeps charging us with his positive energy.
Life is a roller-coaster ride. Looking back the roads traveled, it was not an easy journey but definitely a worthy one filled with few tough decisions that tested my audacity, difficult situations that challenged my abilities and lots of delighted moments to cherish forever. Perhaps this is how the designer has designed life to make us strong and better day by day. Of course, I am excited to face all that more to come.
Quoting Robert Frost in 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'
...
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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