Kaushik Sridhar is very much passionate about Mridangam since his early years and took to proper learning of the instrument since the age of 6 and has constantly kept himself involved in the nuances of the art. He started his training in 2008 from Sri Vinay Nagarajan (disciple of Sri SV Balakrishna, Bangalore) and In 2014, he started taking advance lessons under the tutelage of Sri Trichur R Mohan.

He has won the first place in competitions held by The Music Academy Madras, Rasika Ranjana Sabha Trichy,  L Subramanium school of music - SaPa etc.