Program Schedule:
4.15 pm: Audience seating and Artist Introduction by Host
4.20 pm: Vocal Presentation by Sanchari Bhattacharyya, founder of MSB
4.55 pm-6.45pm: Sarod recital by Apratim Majumdar, accompanied by Amit Chatterjee. 
Program will be followed by an informal interaction with the audience. We look forward to your gracious presence. 
Thank you very much.
Team MandraSaptak Baithaks USA 

AMIT CHATTERJEE 
Amit Chatterjee, a highly gifted Tabla player of India. The famous internationally reputed Tabla Maestro, 
Pandit Sankha Chatterjee being the Uncle and Guru of Amit; found extraordinary talent and tremendous 
eagerness in little Amit to touch and play the tabla. He adopted Amit as his son and started imparting 
rigorous training from the tender age of five in typical Indian Style of Guru Shishya Parampara. Amit is one 
of those rare tabla players who have been fortunate enough to acquire the intricacies and subtleties of both 
Farukhabad and Punjab Gharana. Rich musical heritage of his family provided Amit with the rare opportunity 
to come in close contact with and receive blessings from great stalwarts of Indian Music like Late Ustad 
Allarakha Khan, Late Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri, Late Ustad Munawar Ali Khan, Late Pandit 
V.G.Jog, Late Pandit Kishen Maharaj, and also living legends such as Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ustad Ashish 
Khan.
ACHIEVEMENT
A Commerce grauate(Hons) from Calcutta University, Amit stood first class and obtained SANGEET 
BIVAKAR DEGREE from Bangiya Sangeet Parisad Affiliated to Rabindra Bharati University Kolkata.
Amit is a recognized Musician of ICCR, Delhi.
He has received many prestigious awards such as "JADHUBHATTA" Award from Salt lake Cultural 
Association kolkata 2002.
The Prestigious "TALMANI" title form Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai.
Also have honored with “NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AWRAD” (USA)
At the moment being one of the busiest Artists he is performing through out India and regularly traveling on concert tour to Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Austria , Netherlands and USA.. He performed at the most prestigious stage of Uttar Para Sangeet Chakra from 2012 to 2021 and Doverlane Music Conference on 2020 and  also has toured Peru and Bolivia under the aegis ICCR in 2019.

APRATIM MAJUMDAR 
Sarod virtuoso Apratim Majumdar (www.apratimmajumdar.com) is the most thinking and creative Sarod Player, a composer of very special quality, and a brilliant performer. Apratim (born in 1978, in Kolkata) was initially tutored and groomed by Prof Rabin Ghosh, disciple of Ustad Alauddin Khan in strict discipline and style of Senia Maihar Gharana. He also received training from Shree Partho Sarothy, disciple of Ustad Dhyanesh Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar. Presently he is under training of Dr. Pradip Kumar Chakraborty, one of the senior most disciples of Pt. Ravi Shankar. Apratim is an empanelled artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Govt. of India was awarded “SUR MANI” Title by Sur Singar Samsad (Mumbai). He is recipient of JADUBHATTA AWARD(Kolkata) and NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AWARD (NEW YORK).At the moment being one of the busiest Artists he is performing through out India and regularly traveling on concert tour to Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Austria , Netherlands and USA.. He also has toured Peru and Bolivia under the aegis ICCR in 2019. 

SANCHARI BHATTACHARYYA 
Sanchari is a vocalist in the field of Hindusthani Classical Music, namely Khyal and semi-classical genre. She is currently a disciple of Guru Sri Anjan Majumdar for almost a decade. 
However, Sanchari's musical journey started in her childhood with Nazrulgeeti under the tutelage of Late Smt.Chhondita Dutta, followed by short term trainings several other respected Gurus. To name a few, they were Smt.Anasuya Mukhopadhyay, Sri Pratap Roy, Smt.Banani Ghosh and Sri Jayanto Bose. Sanchari learnt Rabindrasangeet under the tutelage of Guru Sri Suranjan Roy for a few years and also performs in parallel.
A scientist in the field of cancer drug discovery, Sanchari has excelled in academia with a doctorate degree and several years of postdoctoral training and is a resident of New York City since two decades. 
The musical training took a new turn since she started talim under Guru Sri Anjan Majumdar, which was essentially online, due to the long distance. Starting at the grassroot level and with the most exceptional teaching method of her renowned Guru, also a music director and composer, Sanchari pursued khyal and thumri gayan, with no looking back. This has been a life-changing experience for a student, as it started quite late in life. 
ACHIEVEMENT:
Sanchari received a Sangeet Visharad degree in Nazrulgeeti, Chandigarh, with a distinction in 1998. 
After a long gap, with Guru's grace and inspiration, Sanchari has performed in Shadaj, Massachusetts, Karnatic and Hindusthani Music Circle, New Hampshire, in 2022
Guru's Silver Jubilee Celebration in Kolkata, 2023 and on some more local and online platforms. 
She was an invited lecturer in the Department of Music, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire in 2023.
Apart from her Ryaz, teaching beginners and scientific profession, she actively hosts concerts to promote Indian Classical Music and support first generation musicians. 
The most unique feature of Sanchari's musical mindset is to keep each and every genre discrete. She is often applauded for rendering with the requirements and gayaki each genre demands. She owes all her gratitude towards her Gurus and Mentors for what she has attained so far.