Jayashankar

Jayashankar is an Indian given name and surname. It is formed from the

, jaya becomes jai in many modern Indian languages, resulting in the name also being spelled Jaishankar. People with these names include:

• Jaishankar Bhojak (1889–1975), Indian actor and director of Gujarati theatre
• Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), Indian writer prominent in modern Hindi literature
• Kothapalli Jayashankar (1934–2011), Telangana movement activist
• Jaishankar (1938–2000), Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema
• Thiruvizha Jayashankar (born 1940), Indian classical musician
• S. Jaishankar (born 1955), Indian diplomat
• Jaishankar Menon (born 1956), Indian-born American computer scientist
• A. Jayashankar (born 1962), Indian lawyer based in Kerala
• M. Jaishankar (1977–2018), Indian serial killer
• Shvetha Jaishankar (born 1978), Indian model and businesswoman
• Karuppannan Jaishankar, Indian criminologist
• Vedam Jaishankar, Indian cricket correspondent from Karnataka

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