Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar?Ehsaan?Loy composing trio team for Indian films. Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tamil family from Palakkad, Kerala He learned Hindustani classical and Carnatic music as a child, and began playing the veena at the age of five. Mahadevan studied music under Pandit Shrinivas Khale He is an alumni of the school Swami Vivekananda High School and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and was a software engineer for the company, Leading Edge. 2000: National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer – “Yenna Solla Pogirai” – Kandukondain Kandukondain 2007: Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Award for outstanding contribution to Indian film music[9] 2009: Asianet Film Award for Best Male Playback – “Pichavecha Naal” (Puthiya Mukham) 2009: Annual Malayalam Movie Awards (Dubai) for Best Male Singer – “Pichavecha Naal” (Puthiya Mukham)[10] 2011: Lata Mangeshkar Award on 28 September 2011: Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Male Playback Singer – “Indhumukhi Varumo” (Holidays)[11] 2012: MAA Music Award for Best Male Playback Singer – “Nee Dookudu” (Dookudu) 2015: Tulu Cinemotsava Awards for Best Playback Singer -Rikshaw Driver(Tulu Movie) The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Shree Award to Shri Shankar Mahadevan, at an Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 11, 2019 2019: Padma Shri Award for his contributions to Film Music under the category Arts.