[2] Keshava Kaarthikeyan was born in Chennai, India and grew up in a musical family in Pondicherry, Auroville, India [3] He is the grandson of noted artist and arts patron, Prafulla Dahanukar.

Keshava was spotted by Bharat Bala at an event, while he was conceiving Rhythms of India, the first Part of the Delhi Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in 2010.

Since then he has performed extensively with his mother Gopika Dahanukar and raga-guitarist Nadaka and learnt from Amit Kavtekar a student of Ustad Allarakha.

Keshava was also enrolled in the Pandit Shankar Ghosh Academy online and has also taken classes with Pt.

Some of the noted bands and musicians he has played with are Portico UK in jazz improvisation for Action against Hunger, Marc Longis bass guitarist, Mahesh Vinayakaram vocalist, Pt Raja Kale vocalist.