28.02.1964.
Doctor of Musicology. In 2010 he defended Doctoral dissertation: “Eight-tone System in Georgian Sacred Chant”. He works at the Department of Musical Folklore at Tbilisi State Conservatoire; he is a member of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Georgia, a member of Anchiskhati choir. Georgian church music is the focus of his scientific work. His scientific works are dedicated to the tradition of Georgian chanting school, and polyphony of church music. Also, he prepared and published collections of Georgian folk songs and chants. He participates in field work, scientific symposia and conferences.

Shughliashvili’s main works:

Kartuligalobis shtota ertianobis shesakheb (On unity of directions/branches of Georgian chanting). (1991). In the collection: Tsurtsumia, Rusudan (editor). Dzveli kartuli profesiuli musika. Istoriisa da teoriis sakitkhebi (Old Georgian professional music. Issues of history and theory): 122-171. Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Conservatoire (in Georgian)
Kartuli saeklesio galobis bunebisatvis (On the nature of Georgian chnat). (1991). Magazine “Sabchota Khelovneba”, # 9-10: 108-112 (in Georgian)

Kartuli galobis mravalkhmianobis shesakheb (On the polyphony of Georgian chants). (2000). In the collection: Tsurtsumia, Rusudan (editor). Khalkhuri mravalkhmianobis problemebi (Issues of Georgian polyphony). Proceedings from the international conference dedicated to the 80^th anniversary of the establishment of the Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatoire (in Georgian, with English resume)
Kartuli galobis unisonuri “mravalkhmianoba” (Unison polyphony of Georgian chant). (2001). In the collection: Tsurtsumia, Rusudan (editor). Sasuliero da saero musikis mravalkhmianobis problemebi (Issues of the polyphony of sacred and secular music). Proceedings from the international scientific conference dedicated to the 2000^th anniversary from the birth of Christ and the 3000^th anniversary from formation of Georgian State: 101-118. Tbilisi: Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatoire: Foundation “Open Society – Georgia” (in Georgian, with English resume)
Kartuli saeklesio galoba. Traditsia da tanamedroveoba (Georgian chant. Tradition and modernity). (2002). XII Ежегодная Конференция Православного Свято-Тихоновского Богословского института. XII Annual Conferenceof the Holly-Tikhoonov Bogoslovsky Institute. Moscow
Kartuli galobis skolebi da traditsiebi (Schools  and traditions of Georgian chanting). (2003). Tsurtsumia, Rusudan da Jordania, Joseph (editors). The First International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony: 427-441. Tbilisi: International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony (in Georgian and English)
Aghmosavlet sakartvelos samgaloblo traditsiis shesakheb (On chanting tradition of East Georgia). (2005). Tsurtsumia, Rusudan and Jordania, Joseph (editors). The Second International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony: 383-393. Tbilisi: International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony: LTD Chokhi (in Georgian and English languages)
Rva khmis sistemis strukturuli taviseburebebi kartul galobashi (Structural peculiarities of Eight Voices system in Georgian chanting). 92007). In the collection: Andriadze, Manana, Oniani, Ekaterine and others (editorial board).Sasuliero musika (Sacred music)(from the series on musicology): 5-21. Tbilisi: V. Sarajishvili State Conservatoire (in Georgian, with English resume)
“Shesvladi” kartul saeklesio galobashi (“Shesvladi” in Geoirgian church music). (2008). Tsurtsumia, Rusudan and Jordania, Joseph (editors). The Third International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony: 469-484. Tbilisi: International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony. Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Conservatoire (in Georgian and English languages)
Aratipuri elementebi kartul khalkhur simgherashi (Non-typical songs in Georgian folk song). (2008). Thesis for the Fourth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony (will be published soon)

Similarities and Differences in the Georgian Chant School Traditionc Theory and Practice (2011). Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Ortodox Church Music University of Joensuu Finland.