ABOUT

DIPMALA exhibited keen interest in music at the age of three and for this she was placed under the tutelage of Pt. Bcchanlal Misra for learning kathak dance. After that she took kathak lesson from bidushi Maya Chatterjee. She is the daughter of the famous tabla player of Benaras Gharana Pandit SHIBNATH BHATTACHARJEE and MONI BHATTACHARJEE. Later on by her mother’s encouragement she started learnig tabla under the guidance of her father Pandit Shibnath Bhattacharjee (disciple of Tabla maestro Pandit Anil Palit ) at the age of ten in GURU SISHYA PARAMPARA tradition.Gradually she became a child a artist of All India radio. Later on she secured 1st ,2nd and 3rd position in prestigious competition held all over india (viz. Sarbhobharatiya sangeet o sanskriti protijoghita, Doverlane music competition ,vister music competition ,murari smriti music competition state youth festival.)Now a days she is performing at many concerts in India among them remarkably at Baba Allaudin khan sangeet samaraho, Tansen Sangeet Sammelan (Bhawanipur),Vister Music Circle, Pravati sangeet Sammelan , sangeet Piyashi. She obtained Sangeet Pravakar from Allahabad Prayag Sangeet Samity and M.Mus from pracheen kala kendra . She has been selected as national scholarship holder by CCRT ( CENTRE FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS AND TRAINING) New Delhi in the year 2018. She got empaneld in the artist panel of ICCR . She has accompanied many eminent artists of IIndia like Pandit Joydeep Ghosh(sarod), Pandit Ashim Choudhry(sitar) , Shinjini Kulkarni (Gran daughter of Pandit Birju Maharajji) and many others. She has also performed duet with her Guru cum Father Pandit Shibnath Bhattacharjee at many prestigious stages of India and got appreciation of many legends of Indian classical music. She also got guidance of Pandit Samar Saha. Beside that she got her vocal traning from Smt. Rupa Choudhury And Smt. Manisha rani Biswas. Dipamala is appointed as tabla player with a gradation at All India Radio & Doordarshan kolkata. She has been the brand ambassador of SCL rhythm research center. Now she has joined Indian center for performing arts as a tabla teacher. She is teaching many students including intentional students too. She has done her Master's degree in Geology from Univerity of Calcutta