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SANKU SB SHANKAR KUMAR

SANKU is the nick-name by which SB Shankar Kumar is familiar to every one as a Cartoonist, Humour Writer and Producer as well as the Director of feature Films and TV serials, Biopics and Documentaries etc. He had edited and published a Telugu Humour monthly by name Crowquill Hasya Priya for about 12 years.He is also a Chartered Accountant.

Personal
Sanku was born in Tenali and had spent his childhood at Tanuku. He had his schooling at Vizianagaram, Vijayawada, Nellore and Palakol. Studied at Andhra Loyola college for his B.Sc. Later he did his CA at Kakinada. Worked at APSFC for 27 years from 1973. He got married to Shobha Shankar in 1975 and begot a daughter and a son. His daughter has settled in US and his son did his Masters and Doctorate in Engineering at the University of Michigan, US and settled in Mumbai.

Overseas Exposure
Sanku had been to Belgium to recieve his Captionless Cartoon Award at the Knokke Heist International Cartoon Festival in 1996. He had been to Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina in 1998 under the Group Study Exchange Programme sponsored by the Rotary International Organisation. Sanku had been to Frankfurt on invitation by the Frankfurt World Book fair where they screened his Tele Docu Series, Directed and Produced by him for DD national network, under the title ' EMINENT CARTOONISTS OF INDIA ' for 30 days.