Kanishka was born in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh and raised in the state capital of Lucknow.
[6][3] Kanishka began his academic research on sports while he was pursuing his LLB from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
"[2] In 2018 Kanishka submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Rajasthan and the chancellor of state universities, Kalyan Singh calling for inclusion of sports philosophy in syllabus of higher education institutions.
The Government of Rajasthan formed a committee consisting of five members headed by the vice chancellor of the Govind Guru Tribal University Kailash Sodhani in August 2018 to seek suggestions regarding implementation of subject Khel Darshan in all state run universities, syllabus, and how to better sports facilities in Rajasthan.
[12][13][14] Kanishka wrote to the Human Resource Development Minister of India Prakash Javadekar to include sports in school syllabus.
[22][23][24] His first book titled Sports: A Way of Life was acclaimed by vice chancellors of Indian universities and was also presented to the former President of India, Late Pranab Mukherjee.