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Nand Kishor Mishra was born into a traditional musical family in varanasi.He received his early music education from his Father late Bhola nath mishra also from thumri kind late pandit Mahadev Prashad Mishra. His style of playing completely reflects the tabla style Banaras Gharana. He perform the most difficult composition with clarity. In 1985 he received the Sangeet Praveen degree in Tabla.He is well-known and respected performer on national TV and Radio.He is Top Grade artist of all India radio and Doordarshan(Prasar bharti) and Sangeet Natak academy Awardee(2014). Nand Kishor Mishra has accompanied many great musicians on tabla such as Dr.prabha atry,V.V. Shri kanday,Pt.Hanuman Prashad Mishra,Smt. Bagheswari devi, Shobha Mudgal, Ali Ahmed Hussain khan,Amit Mukherjee, Dr.N. Rajan, Amar nath Mishra and Pashupati nath Mishra, Padmabhushan Rajan-Sajan Mishra, Rani khanam, Padmashree Venktesh Kumar,Padmashree Rajeshwar Acharya, Bhimanna jadhav,kankana Banerjee,Sangeeta katti kulkarni,Ashwani dhar Galkar, Pt. Bhola nath Mishra, Padmashree Malini Awasthi and Padmshree Shoma Ghose many more. Music festivals he has been performed include- Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh,Swami Harivallabh music festival (Jalandhar),Thumari Sammelan(Mumbai),Ankhil Bhartiya Music Conference (Baroda),Ganga Mahotsav(Varansi),Kolkata conference,Kali das Sangeet Samaroh,Music festival Guwahati,Surya Mahotsav-2003( Aurangabad),Taj Mahotsav(Agra),Safai Mahotsav,Malhar Mahotsav, Champaran mahotsav, Bharat Rantna ustaad Bismillah khan Sehnai Mahotsav(Varanasi),Bihar diwas-2023 Patna,Nepal, Spain, Germany he have also performed international concert. •Sanskar Bharti has been honoured him with tittle of Kala Sadhak(Ganga Seva Nidhi Varanasi) •The Culture forum has also honoured him in Sristhi Almora uttarakhand.