Education

After receiving B. Sc., M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Engineering, Physics and Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society, Naren joined the team behind Star Trek: The Next Generation. As a producer Shankar has worked with UC: Undercover and Farscape. He also contributed to Doom.

Career

Star Trek

Naren joined the writing staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation as an intern during the latter half of the fourth season. He then wrote several episodes for The Next Generation and for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as one first season episode for Star Trek: Voyager, and worked as science consultant during the shows sixth season and as story editor during the seventh season. Shankar also contributed to the video games Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity and Star Trek Generations.

Success

After his time with the Star Trek franchise, Shankar became an associate producer on SeaQuest 2032 during its final season (1995-1996) and wrote two episodes for the series. He then became a writer and executive story consultant for The Outer Limits (1997-1999), working with Harlan Ellison, among others, sharing with him a 2000 Writers Guild of Canada Award for the episode “The Human Operators,” based on a story by Ellison and A. E. van Vogt.

He became executive producer and writer for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation for eight years (2003-2010), followed by short time in similar capacities on Grimm (2012).

After stints as a writer and executive producer of the Sci-Fi Channel's Farscape (2000-2001) and NBC's short-lived UC: Undercover (2001-2002), Shankar became a consulting producer and head writer on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002-2010). Shankar then joined the production team of the fantasy television series Grimm as writer and executive producer (2011-2012).

In 2013, Shankar was named as co-executive producer and showrunner for the futuristic television series Almost Human alongside creator J. H. Wyman, before leaving the series. The show was produced by J.J. Abrams and starred Karl Urban, but was canceled after one season.

He is currently serving as executive producer for The Expanse, an upcoming American space opera / mystery science fiction drama television series scheduled to air on Syfy in December of 2015. He has written at least one episode for the series.

Awards & Nominations

He has earned a number of award nominations for his work, including two, 2003 and 2004 Emmy Award for CSI, a 2005 PGA Award and a 2006 Writers Guild of America Award nominations, shared with his fellow producers. He served as executive producer on CSI until 2010, and continues to write for the series, including the Trek-spoofing episode "A Space Oddity" featuring Liz Vassey, Wallace Langham, Kate Vernon, and Ronald D. Moore. Shankar also made his directing debut with the tenth season episode "Working Stiffs" (2009) for which he also wrote the story. This episode features Trek alumni Wallace Langham, Liz Vassey, Tracy Middendorf, and Tom Virtue.

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