Born in the family of music lovers, Manish was introduced to music by his mother. Later on he was groomed under the able guidance of Shri V.R. Waliwadekar of AIR Indore. Later he continued his training under the legendary slide guitar player Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Manish is under the tutelage of USTAD SHAHID PARVEZ, the famous sitar maestro of Itawa gharana, since last eight years.

Mahish is a B high grade artist of AIR and television and has a Sangeet Visharad degree from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya to his credit. He has been awarded the tittle “SURMANI” by Sur Sringar Samvad, Mumbai. He has won the first prize in Yuva Sangeet and Nritya Mahotsava organized by the SCZCC, Nagpur held in Belgaon in 1992. He has also recorded duet programmes with Shri Ravindra Chari (Sitar) for ZEE TV (Aalap) and Sahara TV.

He has performed in various festivals in different parts of the country, which includes : Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan, Nehru Center Mumbai , Sangeet Kalopasak Amravati , Kala Academy Goa, Mahashala Kala Sangam Goa, IMG Xaviers College Mumbai , Abhijaat Kalaorasak Mandal Pune, Swar Ninad Mumbai, Ruia College Mumbai, Sursagar Pandharpur, Kirti Kala Kendra Nasik, Kala Nyaya Mumbai , Udyan Mumbai And many other places like Kolhapur, Banaras, Indore etc