 Especially the work done on how best to produce faster taans effectively spanning various octaves, intricate slides between notes and octaves, gamakas, reduction of stress on fingers with invention of easier finger movements, among many others.• Shashank has done extensive work in area of harmoniously integrating the Vocal and instrumental styles of Carnatic to a unique style of his own, especially with the sounds that the Flute produces.• Dual Octave Sound production technique producing two octaves simultaneously, new ways using flute playing techniques to present Kalpana swaras and Tanam in Carnatic Music portraying a combination of Vocal / Instrumental styles and unique sounds produced only on the Flute.