background genre article_title name occupation
non_vocal_instrumentalist indian classical jialal vasant
 jialal vasant musician
jialal vasant

jialal vasant was an indian classical musician and music instructor .
he was the founder of the mumbai music school acharya jialal vasant sangeet niketan .
during his career as an instructor he taught a wide variety of students , including playback singers suresh wadkar and vikas bhalla .
after his death , the school was taken over by his daughter , prem vasant , and suresh wadkar .
the uttam vaggayekar jialal vasant award is named after vasant .
initiated in 2000 by the suresh wadkar ajivasan music academy , the award is given each year to an indian vocalist , musician , composer , dancer , or lyricist .
