SUR MANJARI Judges of Indian Vocal Music Competition

Smt. Jayeeta Dashmunshi Jayeeta Dasmunshi, learned Hindustani classical and folk music from the esteemed Bengal Music College, Kolkata, India Rabindra Sangeet from Dakshini, Kolkata India and Dakshinayan in South London.

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Sh. Lalit Subramanian Hailing from a family of connoisseurs and performers of Indian Classical Music, Lalit received advanced Carnatic vocal training under the guidance of Tiruvarur Shri S. Girish. Smt. Rubela Sarkar Lalit is also a trained Hindustani vocalist and did a short stint of Ghazal training under Ustad Anwar Born in a musical family, Smt. Rubela Sarkar gave her Qureshi. Lalit is also a percussionist and has studied first performance at the age of 4 in Benaras. She Tabla and is currently expanding his Mridangam started her journey in Hindustani classical music skills under the guidance of his cousin Shri Vijay under the guidance of Shree Deepak Mukherjee and Shriram. her mother, Dr. Raktima Sarkar. She learned semi- Lalit holds a Sangeet Visharad degree with gold classical under the tutelage of famous thumri artist, medal in Carnatic vocal music, and was a Yuva Wani Lt. Smt. Vidushi Purnima Chaudhary. artist (junior) with All India Radio, Pune for A Sangeet Prabhakar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Hindustani vocal music. He has performed at Allahabad, recipient of national scholarship by Govt various prestegious venues in the US. of India under the ministry of HRD, Rubela ji has given performances on AIR Radio, and Doordarshan Benaras. Smt. M. Roopa Shastry Sh. Harsha Nagarajan A fourth generation Musician, Smt. M. Roopa Shastry is a disciple of Sangeetha Kala Acharya Harsha Nagarajan received advanced training under Smt. Suguna Varadachari ( Chennai). She was Shri.T.K.V.Ramanujacharlu, under whose guidance he initially trained by her Mother Vidushi Smt. M. has absorbed the nuances of Carnatic music. Harsha Lalita Krishna. She is an All India Radio graded has been extensively performing concerts and artist of AIR Chennai, and a regular performer at lecdems at various venues in US and in India, the Margazhi music festival of Chennai for the past including the Chennai December Music seasons. He was also one among the few selected as an decade. She has given many concerts and lecture IndianRaga fellow - 2013. demonstrations (including Stanford University FM radio channel) to spread awareness of Carnatic

Sh. Sameer Kotasthane music.

Sh. Sameer Kotasthane An accomplished vocalist and Indian Classical Music educator of the young generation, Sameer has made a mark on the national and international community of Indian Classical Music. He is blessed with a mellifluous voice that has been sculpted with two decades of rigorous training. As a child prodigy, Sameer received the National Cultural Talent Scholarship and several dozen awards in India. All India Radio and National Television aired his performances. Sameer received advanced training under the guidance of Pt. Vijay Koparkar. Pt. Koparkar developed Sameer into a brilliant singer of classical and semi-classical forms of music such as khayal, tarana, tappa and thumri. Pt. Korparkar's music had the influence of various Gharanas and Sameer's peformances reflect a pleasant blend of the same. He continues to receive guidance from Dr. Ram Deshpande. Sh. Aditya Rohit Smt. Sujata Ramesh Aditya Rohit, began his musical training in Tabla Sujata has trained in Carnatic vocal music under and singing under Shri Sanjay Kadam, and has eminentgurus: Smt Sarayu Srinivasan, Smt. trained in North Indian Classical under the guidance Bangalore Vijayalakshmi and Smt.T.R.Balamani. of Pandit Rattan Mohan Sharma and Pandit She has performed at several sabhas and Radharman Kirtane. In 2012, Aditya performed a festivals, and also served on the panels of judges solo concert for Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the former for various competitions. President of India. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, viz. "Crescendo" National Competition (USA & Canada), "Mewati Pradeept" award from the Pandit Jasraj Institute.