Shekhar brings with him an experience of 29 years in journalism of which 25 years have been as an editor. Shekhar has been associated with Amar Ujala since 2002, when he joined the paper as Group Editor. During his seven-year stint at Amar Ujala, Shekhar launched about six new editions and made it among the top three most read news papers in the country.
He started his career in print journalism in 1980, and within four years became the Resident Editor of the Allahabad edition of Hindi daily Aaj the age of 24. Shekhar forayed into TV journalism in 2000 as an Executive Producer in-charge of input for Aaj Tak.