Saptak 13th January Performances: Part 3

Dipal Mehta, a Bansuri exponent and disciple of Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, leads Naad Sanhita. Honored with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Bhushan, and Yash Bharati, he performs, teaches, and

Preshit Kamdar, a sitar player from Ahmedabad now in Brampton, blends Indian classical music with studies in media, arts, and management at Humber and Cambrian College. Works at TD.

Hriday Desai, a sarod player, vocalist, and teacher from Ahmedabad, performs globally and composed for Gujarati films like *Tame Keva?* (2018).

Vikas Mishra, a Lucknow-based tabla player, studied at Lucknow University and actively performs and practices Indian classical music.

Nakul Mishra is a Banaras Gharana tabla maestro known for technical brilliance and rhythmic depth. Trained by his father Pandit Nanhu Mishra and Pandit Gopal Mishra, he performs globally as a soloist

Neha Singh Mishra, a Kathak dancer, rose to fame on *High Fever – Dance Ka Naya Tevar* with sister-in-law Kantika Mishra. From a classical dance family, she remains an active performer.

Anuj Mishra is a 13th-generation Kathak artist from the Varanasi gharana, continuing a centuries-old musical lineage rooted in Hindustani classical tradition.