 Which was broken by Tejaswin Shankar on 10 November 2016 in Coimbatore at the National Jr athletics championships, as a 17 year old.Harishankar was born 4 April 1986 in Dhupjhor, a village in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.In 2003, Harishankar participated in the 3rd IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics in Sherbrooke, Canada.