Musician Tutors & Accompanists

Ayan was trained in Sitar by Pandit Manilal Nag and Pandit Kushal Das. He joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy as a Scholar in 2011, under Pandit Partha Chatterjee. He continues to learn under Pandit Partha Chatterjee and Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. Ayan is presently a Musician Tutor at the Academy.

He stood first in the All India Radio Music Competition Kolkata and the Dover Lane Music Competition Kolkata in 2007.

Ayan has performed at prestigious platforms such as the Darbar Festival London in 2023. He is also an A Grade artist of the All India Radio.

Deborshee was trained in vocal music by his mother, Reena Bhattacharjee. He joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy as a Scholar in 2008, under Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. He is presently a Musician Tutor at the Academy.

Deborshee has performed at prestigious platforms such as the ITC Sangeet Sammelan Kolkata in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2022. He has also performed at the Bengal Foundation's Music Festival at Dhaka in 2012.

Deborshee has travelled abroad with his performance to countries such as USA, Canada, UK, Scotland, China, Oman, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. He is a recipient of awards and acknowledgements from the Gaanwardhan Institute Pune in 2009 and the Pandit Ravi Kichlu foundation in 2003.

Deborshee is an empanelled artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in Hindustani Instrumental Music. He is a regular performer and an A Grade artist at the All India Radio.

Paramananda Roy is a promising flautist of his generation and a Musician Tutor of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.

He was trained in flute playing by his father the late Pandit Gopal Roy and in classical vocal music by his aunt, Madhabi Roy. He started learning from Pandit Partha Chatterjee when he joined the Academy in 2016. Paramananda continues to train under Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty even as he teaches Scholars.

He is an empanelled artiste of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (I.C.C.R) and is Visiting Tutor of Instrumental Music at the Academy of Classical and Folks Arts, IIT, Kharagpur.

He has performed on various platforms including the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Sangeet Natak Academy, ITC Sangeet Sammelan and many others throughout the country and abroad.

Sagar joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in 2012 as a Junior Scholar under Pandit Uday Bhawalkar. He is presently a Musician Tutor at the Academy.

Sagar is a recipient of the National Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, 2006. He is also a recipient of the Sahitya Rang Bhoomi Scholarship for 2010.

Sagar received the Promising Hindustani Musician Award from the Rotary Club of Madras in 2018 and the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskar in 2025.

Shatavisha was initially trained in vocal music by Pandit A. Kannan. She joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy as a Junior Scholar in 2009 under Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar. Shatavisha is presently a Musician Tutor of the Academy under her Guru.

She has performed at several prestigious platforms such as the ITC Sangeet Sammelan Kolkata 2003, 2011 and 2014 and ITC Young Maestros Music Festival Kolkata in 2018. Shatavisha has also performed at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Pune in 2017 and Rajya Sangeet Sammelan organised by West Bengal State Music Academy in 2022.

She is a recipient of the National Scholarship, Ministry of Culture Government of India 2014. Shatavisha is also a recipient of the Inlaks Music Award and Fellowship for the year 2017. She became a B-High grade artist of the All India Radio in 2024.

Sarwar Hussain is an accomplished musician in the younger generation of Sarangi exponents in India. His playing embodies delicacy as well as sound technique which he picked up from his grandfather, the renowned sarangi exponent Ustad Abdul Latif Khan.

An A grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan, Sarwar has received many awards for his outstanding performance including the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar. Sarwar has been a faculty member of ITC SRA since 2009.

Having learnt from her musician father, Shri Durga Chandra Bhattacharya, then from Shri Ashit Bandopadhyay, Vidushi Shipra Bose and Shri Sanjay Chakrabarty, Rupashree was an ITC Sangeet Research Academy Scholar between 1996 and 2002, training under Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty of the Patiala Gharana. She received a National Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and came 1st in the East Zonal finals at the ITC SRA Golden Talent Scholarship. Noticing her innate talent in playing the Harmonium, her Guru gradually guided her through the intricacies and exacting standards of accompaniment. Maturing into a sensitive and unobtrusive accompanist, she has been a faculty member of ITC Sangeet Research Academy since 2002.

A B-High graded artiste of All India Radio, Rupashree regularly broadcasts Shyama sangeet and bhajan. She has participated in almost all classical conference of Kolkata, accompanying great maestros like Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Vidushi Girija Devi, Pandit Arun Bhaduri, Pandit Amiya Ranjan Banerjee, Vidushi Subhra Guha, Vidushi Ashwini Bhide and many others.

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