M. Ajay Rathnam has been playing the mandolin since he was four years old. He undertook training at Jawahar Vidyalaya.,
Ashoknagar. 

His talent has been appreciated by many and he has been honoured by various legends like Dr. M Balamurali Krishna, late Sri. P. B. Srinivas and Baghyaraj to name a few.

He is learning mandolin for the past 7 years ( His guru U.P.Raju & Nagamani). Now he is learning Keerthanas and he has given so many performances in Chennai (Mangadu Amman temple,TTD ,Saidapet karneshwar temple, Navarathri festivals and Vadapalani times music festivals.) He has been selected in A.I.R audition test and is giving performance in every 6 months. He also got so many prizes.