When he decided to learn the guitar he faced the difficulty of inaccessibility to printed music, recordings and accredited teachers in his homeland Nepal, but he eventually won a full scholarship to study guitar at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music,[2] where he studied with Larry Almeida, George Sakallariou and David Tanenbaum and participated in Master Classes conducted by such distinguished international guitarists as Michael Lorimor (USA), Julian Bream (UK), Manuel Barrueco (Cuba), David Russell (Scotland), Jose Tomas (Spain), Abel Carlevaro (Paraguay).
He pursued then an MA degree in ethnomusicology at the University of Hawaii as an East-West Centre grantee, following which he has participated in international music seminars and performed in Asia and Europe with favorable press reviews.
He has written and produced songs to promote drug abuse awareness among youth for the United Nations and the American Embassy/Kathmandu.
With the onset of focal dystonia (a debilitating nerve condition) in 2006, Kishor had to stop giving concerts.
In addition to seeking medical attention, he has devised his own therapy and a miniature guitar for shadow practicing.