Shashank Dattatray Kulkarni is basically from Sakharale, a small village in Sangli District of Maharashtra. He is born and brought up in farmer’s family. Presently he is working as a Senior Research Fellow (SRF) of University Grants Commission, New Delhi and securing his Doctorate in Public Policy and Public Administration at Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. Swaminathan Commission, National Policy on Farmers, Farmer and Agricultural Policies in India Farmers’ Suicide, Agrarian Crisis are his some important research areas.
He secured B. Tech degree in Agricultural Engineering from Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri Maharashtra. During his graduation days, he got the opportunity to get training from North Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India at Hisar Haryana. After getting first hand experience in all over management of farm as a trainee Farm Manager, he completed his post graduation in Public Administration He was also secured diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication, Advanced Diploma in Hindi, Diploma in United Nation Studies and International Understanding and Post Graduate Diploma in Human Rights. He also completed Post Graduate Certificate in Agricultural Policy. During the period of his Diploma in Journalism he has done the research on Farmers’ Organisation: A View of Media. Six books are in his credit

1. Swaminathan Commission: A Foundation of Farmer Policies in India
Published by Academic Foundation, New Delhi

2. समन्वयातून समग्रतेकडे ( From Coordination to Integration)
Published by Navinya Prakashan, Pune

3. जगण्याचा उत्कृष्ट मार्ग ( The Best Way of Life )
Published by Shabda Vaibhav Prakashan, Pune

4. गरज वैज्ञानिक अध्यात्मवादाच्या पुनस्थापनेची ( Need for Re-establishment of Scientific Spiritualism)
Published by Shabda Vaibhav Prakashan, Pune

5. नाद अंतरीचा (Vibration of Soul)
Published by Shabda Vaibhav Prakashan, Pune