Satish Shekar

Satish Shekar born on 21 January, 1983 is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of YoSync the company that built India’s first Covid19 blockchain platform - BelYo which has been accepted as a case study in digital India as emerging technology
== Early Life ==
Satish Shekar was born in Vellore and raised in Bangalore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu|Karnataka. He did his schooling from Baldwin Boys' High School|Baldwin Boys High School, pre-degree from Christ College, Bangalore|Christ Collage and bachelors from Seshadripuram College Bangalore University Bangalore. 
== Higher Education ==
Satish Shekar is an MSc graduate in purchasing and supply chain management from University of Westminster|University of Westminister (London) and also has a certification from Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply|Charted Institute of Purchasing and supply chain management CIPS (UK).
== Career ==
=== SCM Consulting ===
Satish Shekar worked as business and independent consultant for over a decade in various IT companies to help them build ERP software|ERPs for the European market in the area of supply chain and logistics. He has also worked exclusively on carbon footprint research in association with World Bank|world bank. He was also a speaker in many forums about SCM-IT and Entrepreneurship
=== Politics ===
Satish Shekar also headed the social media campaign for Indian National Congress for 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, 2014 Parliament of India|national elections and 2015 Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike|Bruhat Bengaluru mahanagara Palike elections in Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee|Karnataka pradesh congress committee. His tweets have been quoted in media and publications
=== Entrepreneur ===
Satish Shekar and Latha HS founded YoSync in 2017, to explore opportunities in the field of blockchain, they partnered with BelfricsBT to develop blockchain products and services exclusively for Indian market in the field of healthcare, education and employment. 
YoSync a start-up incubated at IIIT-B|International Institute of Information Bangalore specialised in providing blockchain products and services across domains, currently working for education and healthcare sector. Satish has partnered with Belfrics group to use their Belrium Blockchain, the hybrid blockchain for decentralised applications for developing such products and services. 
Satish Shekar developed India’s first COVID-19|COVID19 blockchain platform BelYo in joint research with International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore|IIIT-B and in collaboration with BelfricsBT, the seed fund for the project was given by Mphasis as part of COVID19 challenge initiated by IIIT-B and Mphasis F1 foundation. This project was accepted as a case study in Digital India
YoSync has won the IIITB Innovation Awards in 2021
== Angel Investor ==
Satish Shekar invested in Text Mercato Solutions Private Limited in the year 2015. He was also a director till 2018. He is also advising few Startup company|startups in the field of blockchain and Supply chain management|Supply Chain Management
== Recognitions ==
# Digital India accepts BelYo - India’s First Covid19 Blockchain Platform as case study
# Various Indian Administrative Service coaching centers in their current affairs section have asked the question about "India's first Covid19 Blockchain Platform - BelYo" Pg 102, Pg 252, Objective Question No 9,
# Satish Shekar won International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore|IIIT-B start-up awards 2021
== Philanthropy ==
Satish Shekar is the co-founder of Culkey Foundation. The aim of the foundation is to digitise Hindu calendar|Hindu Calendars / almanac (approx 300 Panchangam|panchanga) across India with the ultimate vision of revamping Calendar committee report 1955, Government of India.
During COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 lockdown in India|Lockdown in Karnataka Culkey Foundation in association with Mysore Palace King HH Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao Karnataka Legislative Assembly|MLA and president of Archaka Okkuta distrusted ration kits to 2200+ Hindu priest|temple priests in Karnataka a part of this money was crowdsourced by donors
Category:1983 births 
Category:Indian businesspeople
Category:People from Vellore
Category:Alumni of the University of Westminster