Shrikumar is the Chairman and co-founder of Sea6 Energy Pvt. Ltd. (www.sea6energy.com). He is also the honorary Director-General of the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises of India (ABLE), headquartered at Bangalore ( www.ableindia.org ). He was formerly the President of Research and Development at Biocon Limited, Bangalore India (www.biocon.com) and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the company. He was associated with Biocon for over 25 years.His other appointments include an Adjunct Professorship at the Department of Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (www.iitm.ac.in). He is also a member of Governing & Advisory boards of several institutes and centers promoted by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and served as the Chief Executive officer for the Translational Health Sciences Institute (www.thsti.res.in) at the National Capital Region Biosciences Cluster, Government of India from 2009-2010.Shrikumar has a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of technology, Madras and a Master's degree in Biochemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of technology Delhi.