Ganesh Mohan was born in a cultural Bengali family of art lovers. His father tutored him initially into learning Sitar and such was the talent of the young boy that he stood first in an All India Music Competition held in Kolkata in 1969, at the age of 10!

Having completed his Higher Secondary Schooling, Ganesh joined the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata as a student of Hindustani Classical Music and completed his education with a first class master's degree. It was after completing his academic education that Ganesh Mohan started regular training from Maestros as Pt. Manilal Nag, Prof. Ajay Sinha Ray.

He is a great fan of Late Pt. Nikhil Banerjee and has been following his style. With a keen desire to have intense training in the Vilayatkhani Baj fro some years, Ganesh has become a disciple of Pt. Arvind Parikh. He thus presents a very fine synthesis of two well known Gharanas.

Ganesh is an A grade artiste of AIR and Doordarshan. He has performed at many musical conferences in India and abroad (Europe).