Complex sentence: Until 2008, Kaushik Menon used to sing in school youth festivals and stage shows and later he was encouraged by the veteran signer S. Janaki to go to Chennai and learn music seriously.
Split into simpler sentences: Until 2008, Kaushik Menon used to sing in school youth festivals and stage shows. He was later encouraged by the veteran signer S. Janaki to go to Chennai and learn music seriously.