Ashwin Kumar Batish Hindi: अश्विन कुमार बातिश (born 1 January 1951 in Bombay, India) is an Indian sitar and tabla player.

For the next 15 years he spent a majority of his time performing nightly with his father at their family restaurant and music club 'Batish India House.'

Ashwin has worked with numerous artists including Zakir Hussain,[2] Camper Van Beethoven,[3] Violent Femmes, Brian Ritchie, Tony Trischka, Jimmy Carl Black, Myron Dove, Matthew Montfort Arthur Hull, Taylor Eigsti Teddy Andreadis, Butch Taylor, Diana Rowan,[4] Johnny Griparic, Ant Glynne (Asia Band), Vanessa Vo, Brian Viglione, Gordon Gano, Eugene Chadbourne.

[5] Richie "Gajate" Garcia, Ronnie Montrose,[6] Derek Sherinian[7] Currently, Ashwin is teaching tabla at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

[8] "The tabla is a big focus, but the class features several other Indian percussive instruments, including the dholak, the mridagam and manjeera.