[2] In 2014, The New York Times published one of Ghogre's crosswords for the US Independence Day edition on July 4 which was aimed at bringing the people of India and the US closer together.

[1][3] In 2019, Mangesh Ghogre created a Mahatma Gandhi–themed crossword to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary, which The New York Times published on October 2.

As a tribute to the city of Mumbai, he published another crossword in the LA Times with the byline "Mangesh Mumbaikar Ghogre".

[5] Ghogre graduated from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) as a mechanical engineer received an MBA degree from NMIMS with specialisation in finance.

According to The Economic Times, Nomura completed 27 IPOs while Ghogre was employed as the head of the bank's equity capital markets division, including a number of deals worth over $500 million.