Jogan Shankar is a professor of sociology in Mangalore University.
He specialises in research on Deprived groups, Industrial Sociology, Indian Society and Research Methodology.
[1][2] He was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University, Shimoga, for the period 2015 to 2019.
He has also been nominated as Senate Member of Karnataka University by Governor of Karnataka.
[citation needed] He was awarded the Karnataka state award and a national award in 1992 and 1993, respectively, for his significant contribution towards the welfare of marginalised women and children.