Shiva is devoted to the illustrious Sringeri Sharada Peetham. He has studied vedanta under traditional teachers.Shiva was born in 1971 in the temple town of Madurai in south India. He studied at the University of Madras and the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He currently works for a startup company that provides affordable healthcare to people.

As a sadhaka devoted to the Sringeri Acharyas, he has been taught vedAnta by devotees of the illustrious Sringeri Sharada Peetham who are scholars in their own right.