Susanta Chowdhury

Guru Susanta who hails from Kolkata had his early training from his father Sri Bhupendra Nath Chowdhury and went under the tutelage of Sri Shyamal Chattopadhyay. He then became a disciple of the famed Padmabhushan Pandit Debu Chaudhuri. He received his M.A. Music from Delhi University and was a Gold Medalist. He is an "A" Grade artiste of All-India Radio and has performed widely on TV. He is an empanelled artiste in ICCR and has performed in India, USA, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Indonesia, China and Singapore, having accompanied Padmabhusan Pt. Birju Maharaj, Saswati Sen, Bhaswati & Krisnamohan Maharaj, Rammohan Maharaj, Ranjana Gawhar, Reela Hota. ​Guru Susanta was with SIFAS from July 1999 to June 2003. He re-joined in January 2011. He also teaches the Sitar discipline at NUS.