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GURUS OF PANDIT JI

Late Ajit Kumar Chakrabarty, his father, was his first Guru.

Subsequently he received training from late Pannalal samanta and Late kanaidas Bairagi and Dr. Amiyoranjan Banerjee.

Then he went under the tutelage of Guru Sri Jnan Prakash Ghosh, a legendary figure by all means and one of the all time great Gurus ever born. Ustad Munwar Ali Khan gave him advanced training of Patiala Kasoor gharana.

Although he received specialized training in the Patiala Kasoor gharana or style, he was blessed to have close association with so many great musicians of various other gharanas as well, like Ustad Latafat Hussain Khan ( Agra), Pandit Nivruttiba Sarnaik ( Alladiya Jaipur), Smt Hirabai Barodekar ( Kirana ).

While pursuing his studies at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, he received training from Sri Chinmoy Lahiri, Dhirendra Chandra Mitra, Suchitra Mitra, Sumitra Sen, Nirmalendu Chowdhury, paresh Deb, Prativa Kapoor, Panchanan Bhattacharya and Chhabi Bandhopadhyay, all exponenents in their respective genres of music.

In course of his journey Panditji has grown with the treasured insight and vision intermingled with his academic virtues leading him to realize that a true musician should not cripple him in the shackles of a gharana limits. He should embellish his presentations with the distinctive gems from different gharanas.