Harish Mannargudi was born in 1978 in Kadapa, a city in the undivided Andhra Pradesh. He had his schooling in Andhra Pradesh and graduated in commerce. He did his Masters in Business Administration from BMS College of Engineering and Management, Bangalore and worked in various organizations in the field of Advertising and Marketing Communications in Bangalore. He started his own Advertising & Marcom Agency and is running it as a sole proprietor.

Inspired by legendary Telugu poet Srirangam Srinivasarao (Sri Sri) he started writing poetry in Telugu in his teens.

Passion for poetry being the paramount objective, he started writing poetry in English since 2005 and many of his poems are published in various international poetry magazines. Milton, Gurajada, Sri Sri, and Thilak inspired his writings in challenging the metre. Envisaging on simple things of life is the focal point of his poetry.

His collection of poems "My Poetry - My Soul" is the first attempt to publish some of his writings in the form of a book.