[7] Shankar's work inspired the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) to direct the Government of Tamil Nadu to order a ban on forced sex-selective surgeries on intersex infants.

[9][10][11] In August 2020, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment appointed Shankar as the South Regional representative in the National Council for Transgender Persons.

[26][27][28] In April 2015, Shankar was invited by Tiruchi Siva to witness the passing of historical Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014 at Rajya Sabha upper house of the Parliament of India.

[29] Shankar petitioned the case of Asian Games medalist Santhi Soundarajan who was stripped of her medal after a gender test to the State and Central Government.

Shankar shared chair with Federico Mayor Zaragoza Director-General of UNESCO, Myrna Cunningham of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Zanele Muholi (Artivist) for the historic MADRID SUMMIT DECLARATION.

[47] Shankar and a trans woman S. Swapna[48] staged a protest in Madurai collectorate on 7 October 2013 demanding reservation and to permit alternate genders to appear for examinations conducted by TNPSC, UPSC, SSC and Bank Exams.

Later, Swapna successfully moved the Madras High Court in 2013 seeking permission to write the TNPSC Group II exam as a ‘woman’ candidate.

[52] In March 2022, The Hindu newspaper reported that Shankar resigned from the post of the south regional representative of NCTP, citing bureaucratic harassment and insensitivity.

[54] Shankar also expressed dismay on homophobia and transphobia in Tamil Muslim community when the youth wing of the Indian National League, a Muslim party, accusing LGBTQIA+ people of being "cultural terrorists", the poster calls for the "death sentence under section 377" and warns of terror against the community as homosexuality is "against Tamil culture" was put up by a day after Orlando nightclub shooting in the United States.

Based on the recommendations of Gopi the DCPCR suggested the Delhi Government to ban unnecessary medical interventions on Intersex Infants and Children.

[96][97] Shankar appeared on Living Foodz Dakshin Diaries to curate the gender specific sacred spaces of Indigenous gender-variants of ancient India.

[98][99] Singer Chinmayi produced a three part YouTube video series with Shankar to support Intersex Human Rights in Tamil Nadu.

National Award winning Journalist Sohini Chattopadhyay penned a brief timeline on Shankar's life and activism in her book The Day I Became a Runner: A Women's History of India through the Lens of Sport published by Harper Collins on 2023[100]