Profile
Mr V Shankar Founder, CAMS & Director, ACSYS Investments Pvt Ltd
Mr. Shankar V is the Founder of Computer Age Management Services (CAMS) and Acsys Investment Pvt. Ltd., which focuses on proprietary public and angel investments. He is also a Board member at CreditMantri, IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, IIT Madras Alumni Charitable Trust, Madras Management Association, and IIT Madras Incubator & Research Park. He was the former President of TiE Chennai and served as an Executive Committee member at The Chennai Angels and a Board member at Equitas Micro Finance India Pvt. Ltd
Shankar is an engineering graduate from IIT Chennai and holds a Post Graduate degree in Business Administration from IIM Calcutta (18th batch) After college, he joined Pond’s (India) Ltd. (now part of Hindustan Unilever Ltd) as a Management Trainee in 1983. During his five-year tenure, he worked in Commercial, Project Management, and Sales Management, and was responsible for systems initiatives in these areas
In 1988, Shankar co-founded CAMS with his wife, Vijayasudha, to provide platform-based services to the Indian financial industry. The company received significant investment from HDFC Group in 2000, accelerating its growth. In 2007, CAMS took on a private equity investor for further expansion. Shankar also founded Sterling Software (India) Pvt. Ltd. in 1989, offering IT services and software solutions to the Mutual Fund industry. The company has grown into a professionally managed organization with over 4,000 employees, providing IT and platform-based transaction processing and CRM services to the mutual fund, insurance, and banking sectors in India.
Shankar is widely recognized in the financial sector for his expertise and operational experience. Outside of his professional work, he is an avid reader, enjoys travel and music, engages in charitable activities, and mentors startups and mature organizations through Acsys Investments Pvt Ltd