Hailing basically from a family of musicians, his father Dr. B.S. Krishna Rao a classical music composer and Mother Smt. Vishalakshi an All India Radio artist, recognized the budding talent in their son and started steering him in the right direction. Parent's dream to teach music to him started coming true when he started his formal training on Veena at very young age of seven with his mother. He picked up the instrument effortlessly and demonstrated his dedication to music. As a result of this, he presented his first public concert in All India Radio, Mysore at the age of ten.

The most important milestone was achieved when he switched over to Mandolin when the ease and sound of Mandolin attracted him. "Carrying Veena was my basic problem for public concerts, I was too small to reach the last fret on the Veena". With a huge dream of accomplishing success over the western  instrument which is unsuitable for Carnatic music, the mission impossible thus began. Relentless practice, discoveries and learning ultimately paid off when he got a break in one of the Sangeetha Sabha of Mysore. Thus the journey of music started, soon followed by the certification of All India Radio Music. "I always used to listen to lot of music in any corner of the city, including Mandolin Shrinivas and paid lot of attention to U Shrinivas's Music. I was almost aware of all the different strokes and styles performed by him when I had not even met him personally".

Stunning the audience from his young age and performing the public concerts with top grade artistes fetched him the respect and accolades very soon. He performed in many of the reputed music platforms of India like Bangalore, Chennai, Bombay, Delhi, Goa, Andhra Pradesh to mention a few. The fame spread quickly and made him tour to many parts of the world on invitation to perform. USA, Japan, China, Singapore, Korea, Belgium, Paris, Holland, Germany are worth mentioning.

Though the success in music kept him busy with workshops and practices at home, his education did not take a back seat. He continued his education with the same realm and interest, graduated in Bachelors of Engineering in Mechanical from the National Institute of Engineering in Mysore University. "I feel honored to be graduated from Natioanl Institute f Engineering, Mysore University with Distinction, from where people like Mr. Narayanamurthy have graduated".

Apart from being a gifted musician, he is also an IT professional and till today he has worked in some of the Top IT companies like Satyam Computers, Wipro Infotech, Infosys Technologies and Hughes, and he is the only individual in today's music world who has maintained a remarkable balance of both IT and the divine Classical music till today." I enjoyed the most working in Infosys, but working Japanese and on toughest project situations have left memorable mark was a great lesson to me."

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