Mahendra TokeĀ a young artiste with a scholastic background and sound traditional training in Indian classical music, has acquired exceptional proficiency in the art. Under the careful tutelage by his father, Shri D.P.Toke, a close associate of late Ustad Amir Khan Saheb, Mahendra has imbibed the meditative values and exquisite style of the Indore gharana. Beginning at a young age, Mahendra has performed at numerous competitions, conferences and concerts in India and abroad - namely Sur Rang Smruti Samaroh at Bombay in 1983 and 1996, at NCPA, Bombay in 1990-92, Saptak festival, Ahmedabad in 1994-98-2000-03. Under the auspices of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Mahendra has toured several European countries in 1989 and 1990.