Shashi is a practitioner, teacher, and facilitator working at the intersection of personal well-being and systemic social change. With over 27 years of experience in the corporate sector, including 14 years as a CEO in the IT training and consultancy space with organisations such as L&T and NIIT, he later transitioned to the social sector where he has spent over 15 years working on education systems and leadership development.

He has worked extensively with Azim Premji Foundation and Azim Premji University, contributing to large-scale leadership development of education functionaries and strengthening district-level education systems in Karnataka. Currently, he is a founding director of Viridus Social Impact Solutions, a trustee of Kiirti Trust, and a co-initiator of the Well-Being Movement. He teaches courses on Personal Mastery for Leadership Development (PMDL), Intervention Design (Theory of Change & Theory of Action), Writing in the Discipline, and conducts workshops on Situational Analysis.

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