Ajoy Chakrabarty

Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 25 December 1953) is a Hindustani classical vocalist,[1] composer, lyricist and an exponent of the Patiala-Kasur gharana.

[6] Besides that, he had learnt from Latafat Hussain Khan, Nibruttibua Sarnaik, Hirabai Barodekar and in Carnatic styles from M. Balamuralikrishna, that kept enriching his musical expression and repertoire.

[7] Despite having such pure classical "taleem" in the Khyal genre, he also renders lighter forms such as Thumri, Tappa, Bhajan, Kirtan, Folk, Film/Non-Film and modern songs, in several different languages.

In 2012, Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee conferred him the Maha Sangeet Samman and the Banga Bibhushan, two of the State's highest awards.

He had received his honorary doctorate degree in the presence of Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries from IIT Kanpur.