 Thereafter, he undertook key lessons in singing and music from eminent personalities like Gangadharbuva Pimpalkhare, Jaymalabai Shiledar and Pramod Marathe.Formal education wise, Saleel is a medicine graduate and was working as a doctor in the early part of his career.While working as a music director for the last ten years, he has composed songs for Hindi and Marathi albums, serials and films.