Author: Rajesh Sendh
Born: 1971
Bio: Rajesh Sendh born (1971) in Balasore district, Odisha does not come from a family of musicians. Rather, music is a path he found for himself and struggled very hard to overcome all the hurdles that came his way to emerge out successful with his sincerity, devotion and dedication. He began his musical pursuit at the age of 17. He received his initial training in vocal music under the Gurus Pt. Gopal Chandra Panda, Pt. Bhikari Bal & Pt. Ramhari Das and completed the Bachelor Degree with Odissi Vocal Music from the Utkal University, Odisha. Dr. Rajesh Sendh is qualified in Hindustani Vocal Music from the Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and completed the degrees of Bachelor, Master & Ph. D. He is trained in Dhamar-Dhamar singing in the traditional system of ‘Dagur-Vani’ under the able guidance of the Dhrupad maestros Pt. Ritwik Sanyal in Varanasi and Ustad Zia Fariddudin Dagar at Bhopal.

Dr. Sendh is awardees of the ‘Junior Fellowship’ for Hindustani Vocal Music by the Department of Culture, Ministry of human resources development, Govt. of India. Prasar Bharti approved him as ‘A grade’ artiste for Dhrupad-Dhamar singing. He has been performing Indian Classical vocal in various prestigious music concert platforms in India as well as accompanying his Guru on various occasions. He has performed ‘Dhrupad Vocal’ at Colorado, USA. Dhupad Mela Committee, Varanasi has honoured him as the best young Dhrupad Singer of the year 2008 with gold medal. Dr. Sendh has been engaged in class workshops for imparting the art of Dhrupad-Dhamar singing to several talented Indian students & students from abroad for last 15 years. - from the book