He lectured on Sri Aurobindo's philosophy and vision [1] Nadkarni was born in Kodibag and raised in Bankikkodla.

At Bankikodla, literature, folk art, spiritual lore, music and sports kept him enthralled during his school days.

His teachers in high school gave impetus to his imagination and taught him to perceive the sheer excitement of ideas, leading him to the path of his inner quest.

Mangesh earned his Ph.D. in Phonetics from the UCLA, and was a professor of linguistics at the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad.

He was a Yogi on the path of continuous progress, and a renowned exponent of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.