He was born on 7 July 1973 in a small village 25 km from Meerut, India in a Kashmiri Pandit family. His father, Pt. Mehar Singh Kher, was also a renowned folk singer and he was also Kailash's teacher in his earlier age. Kailash studied in Jain Inter college Mahalka and he was very famous for his singing. He grew up listening to his father rendering Indian folk songs all day and started learning classical music from the age of twelve. He was inspired by legendary Pakistani Sufi singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. His other influence has been Pt.Kumar Gandharva.
