KATHAMBAM

MASTERS IN MUSIC & SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT 
Guru Debasish Adhikary received an MA from Rabindra Bharati University and is currently pursuing his MPhil in Instrumental Music. His achievements include a national scholarship from Ministry of Culture, India.  

GRADED ARTIST OF DOORDARSHAN 
Guru Debasish is B-high graded artiste from All India Radio and Doordarshan.  

NATIONAL COMPETITIONS & PERFORMANCES 
He has won several national competitions and has also performed internationally. He has had the opportunity to perform with eminent artistes like Pt. Sohan Lal Sharma, Pt. Venkatesh Kumar, Pt. Amiya Ranjan Bhandhopadhyay, Ustad Raza Ali Khan and many others.  

SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY 
Guru Debasish joined SIFAS in January 2019. 

Guru G Prakash has been a Western and Carnatic keyboard instructor for the past 18 years.  

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS 
His achievements include receiving distinctions in keyboard from Trinity College, London, and being awarded a Shree Vidhwan in Classical and Western Keyboard in Grade 8 with Distinction and a Vadhya Visharadha Diploma in Mridangam, Gatam and Kanjira from the Tamil Nadu Government Music College, Chennai. He had studied under the tutelage of Guru P Venkatsubramaniam and Guru Papanasam K R Chandru for Carnatic keyboard, and Guru Avey Kannan and Guru Chandra Mohan for Western keyboard.  

PERFORMANCES & AWARDS 
He also has had the opportunity to perform at the Tamil Nadu Government Music College and at Kalaignar, Jaya and Sun TV for musical programmes. In 2015, he was awarded the Best Teacher Award as part of the Sahana Fine Arts Annual Day. His most recent award in January 2019 is Vadhiya Praveena from Sravanalaya Isai Peedam, Chennai.  

SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY 
Guru G Prakash joined SIFAS as a keyboard tutor in February 2019. 

ROOTS 
Guru Janaki Sadagopan comes from a family of musicians and learnt music from her mother, Ms. Rajeswari Sadagopan. She then joined Gana Kala Vidya Nilayam in Goregaon, Mumbai where she learnt music from Mrs. Sampoorni and later Mrs. Girija Narasimman. She participated in various competitions in schools and colleges winning more than 50 prizes.  

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS & POSTGRADUATE  
She is a BA Music graduate from Tamil Nadu Government Music College, Thiruvaiyaru and was a disciple of Prof Dr. P Uma Maheswari. She stood 2nd in music from Bharathidasan University. She also has a postgraduate in Music from Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College, Trichy and achieved top ranking.  

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 
She has taught music for more than 5 years in Mumbai and Coimbatore. She currently also teaches Carnatic Vocal at the School of the Arts (SOTA).  

SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY 
Guru Janaki joined SIFAS in January 2014.  

ROOTS 
Guru Mihir initially trained under Shri Sabyasachi Sengupta and went on to do his guru-sishya parampara with the tabla maestro Pt. Sankha Chatterjee. He is equally adept in three Gharanas –Farukhabad, Punjab and Delhi because of his training in Pt. Sankha Chatterjee School of Music.  

AWARDS & TITLES 
A regular artiste in All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has received the prestigious Jadubhatta award from Saltlake Cultural Association (Kolkata) and Talmani award from Sursinger Samsad (Mumbai). Guru Mihir also holds the title of Sangeet Visharad and Sangeet Vibhakar from Lucknow Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapith.  

PERFORMANCES 
He has shared the stage with many distinguished artistes such as Pt. Jagadish Prasad, Pt. Ajoy Pohankar, Pt. V G Jog, Pt. Kartic Kumar, Pt. Samaresh Chowdhury, Pt. Amiya Ranjan Bannerjee, Pt. Manilal Nag, Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain in India and abroad. Guru Mihir has performed extensively in India, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Southeast Asia.  

SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY  
Guru Mihir joined SIFAS in 2007.  

THE KALAKSHETRA FOUNDATION 
Guru Nishanthie Jeganathan hails from Sri Lanka and is an experienced dancer and teacher. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Bharatanatyam from The Kalakshetra Foundation and was part of the Kalakshetra Repertory Company from 2009-2010.  

FESTIVALS & PERFORMANCES 
She had performed extensively at festivals and temple events in India and in other countries, including the 36th International Film Festival of India in Goa, Dance Festival in Chengdu, Shringara Festival, ISKCON Bangalore and Ananya Festival.  

SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY 
She has choreographed for and trained numerous SIFAS students amongst whom many have excelled during annual examinations and external performances under her guidance.  

Guru Nishanthie Jeganathan joined SIFAS in October 2014.  

Guru P Sushanth who hails from Chennai is an experienced, seasoned vocalist and teacher.  

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
He has a Diploma in Classical Music from The Kalakshetra Foundation. He also has a First-Class Certificate in Higher Indian Music from the Government of Tamil Nadu. 

PERFORMANCES
Guru Sushanth has performed extensively for classical dance concerts, including Bharatanatyam arangetrams. He is a versatile singer, able and accomplished to sing in various languages and styles. 

SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY
Guru Sushanth joined SIFAS in February 2010. He is also the voice of SIFAS’s Margam CDs.