Shivakumar Kailasam is an Indian Council of Medical Research Emeritus Scientist in the Department of Biotechnology, University of Kerala in Kariavattom, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Formerly, Shivakumar Kailasam was a Senior Scientist and the Head of the Division of Cellular and Molecular Cardiology at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, an Institute of National Importance under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.