Shukla received a Bachelors of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications, then a Masters in Business Administration. He then worked in various telecom companies[specify] in India, the US, and Singapore before becoming an entrepreneur.[5][better source needed]
Shukla self-funded and created The Writers Block (TWB) in 2006, which provides technical writing programs.[6][7] The company employs a large number of women who had left jobs to raise children.[8]
Animal welfare
Shukla founded Voice of Stray Dogs (VOSD). In July 2010, it was merely a website.[9]
In response to media reports of the July 2011 death of a two-year-old boy named Sandeep, supposedly killed and eaten by stray dogs,[3] Shukla carried out his own investigations at the site, persuading the authorities to do a second autopsy.[3] He eventually finding evidence against the dogs being responsible.[3] After this, Shukla held a press conference under VOSD's name.[3]
With the eventual death of Cookie, a paralyzed St. Bernard found in garbage in Bangalore in September 2012,[10] Shukla established an independently funded dog rescue home under the auspices of VOSD.[11] VOSD began rescuing injured or ill dogs on 15 October 2012[9] and began emergency rescues on 16 October 2013.[12]
Recognition
For his work rescuing stray dogs, Shukla has been labeled "The Dogfather of India".[13][3] He has appeared on television, radio, and newspaper interviews speaking on behalf of dogs, including BBC,[11]Al Jazeera,[14]CNN IBN,[15]NDTV, and TED.[16]
