International Phonetic Alphabet: |ʃ ‘ʃɑːŋk| |ʃ ‘riːkɑːnθ|

My first name sounds like : shuh-shank
It’s a common Indian male name.

Mnemonic that people find easy to remember : “shawshank” from the book/movie Shawshank Redemption.

Call me “shash” if that’s convenient.

My surname Srikant is my father’s first name.
It is a patronym, prevalent in the Indian sub-continent.