Amit Mishra is a professional tabla player based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. Born in 1985, in the renowned Mishra family of Banaras, he belongs to the Banaras gharana of the Indian classical music. Amit developed an interest in tabla and began to learn it under the tutelage of his father, Pt Kishor Kumar and uncle Pt Pramod Kumar Mishra. He also received advanced instructions from his guru, Pt Sharda Sahai, in the guru-shishya parampara (mentor-disciple tradition in Indian classical music).