Facts: - residence: mumbai , maharashtra , india - caption: pawan shankar - yearsactive: 2005-present - spouse: yukti shankar - name: pawan shankar - nationality: indian - website: http://www.pawanshankar.com/ - occupation: actor , television presenter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pawan shankar .
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pawan shankar is an indian television actor who played the title role in the serial '' siddhanth '' on star one he holds an mba in finance from institute of management technology -lrb- imt -rrb- , ghaziabad .an alumnus of allahabad 's st. joseph 's college , shankar graduated with a gold medal from allahabad university .he is also a sportsman .he was a national cadet champion in table tennis , and represented uttar pradesh in 17 national-level tournaments .shankar worked in companies including triveni engineering & industries ltd. , essar cellphone , hutch and icici securities for about 4 years .he completed a course in acting from kishore namit kapoor acting lab , mumbai and won the best actor critics award in the indian telly awards for his performance in '' siddhanth '' , a serial that won the best drama award in hero honda indian television academy awards .shankar was nominated for the best actor category in apsara awards .film critic subhash k. jha and others reviewed shankar 's performance in '' siddhanth '' favourably shankar played the role of sanjay apte , a trade union leader , in thodi si zameen thoda sa aasman on star plus , well-reviewed by subhash k jha .shankar worked as a model for more than 50 advertisements for indian and multinational brands .he played the title role in the tv series '' vicky ki taxi '' on real channel .shankar was a lead actor in the tv programme '' kya hua tera vaada '' on sony , playing a man in an extra-marital affair .