Maneesh has been a career hotelier, with two prestigious diplomas in Hotel Management and an MBA. He started his career in 1990 with the Oberoi Group on completion of his Diploma in Hotel Management from the I.H.M., PUSA, New Delhi. In a hotel career spanning 18 years, he has worked for 14 years with the Oberoi Group with almost a decade in hotel operations. He was invited as visiting faculty to the prestigious N.I.F.T, Delhi in 2004 where he taught CRM, and to the FHRAI Institute of Hotel Management, Greater Noida in 2009 where he taught Entrepreneur Management.

Maneesh and his wife Sonali Anand Baheti turned entrepreneurs with establishing a boutique consultancy which provides hospitality consultancy, lifestyle event management and art advisory services to some of the leading brands. Together in 2014, they also co-founded South Asian Association For Gastronomy (SAAG), an international platform that connects South Asia through an annual event, The Food For Thought Fest.

For over 15 years, he has been covered on numerous occasions by print and broadcast media including the internationally famous Associated Press (A.P). Maneesh enriches SAFACH by being on our Advisory Board.