During his time at BITS Pilani, he won a record 4 consecutive Holofest 'Best Hologram of The Year', earning the nickname "Young Mani".
[9] In February 2017, Mani Shankar launched the first live augmented reality political campaign in the world for Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, India.
For the first time, such a campaign enabled an electoral candidate to virtually enter people's homes and softly pitch for votes.
[11] A series of augmented reality projects thus followed, in various fields ranging from film publicity, sports, spirituality and corporate launches.
[12] Allah Rakha Rahman announced on his official Facebook page that he got his augmented reality channels done by Mani Shankar and Kaali Sudheer.