Ravishankar started learning Flute from an age of 7 from Guru Smt. N.Kesi, disciple of T.R.Mahalingam (Flute Mali). As a young child artiste, Ravishankar has given many public performances in AIR and Doordarshan, Chennai. He also became part of the Sundaram Bhajan Group of Sri Sathya Sai Organization at later stages of school. In college, he was part of the Light Music group as well. This way, he was able to explore different styles of playing. Ravishankar has also been lucky to have performed in a few percussion ensembles with Guru Sri Nandakumar including a performance at Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana.