[1][2] Lok Jaagar Gayika Vidushi Dr.Basanti Bisht was born in Luwani village/dewal block of Chamoli district bordering Kumaon Uttarakhand in 1953.
She was the 1st girl-student who stood 1st in the District Board Examination of 5th standard and was awarded scholarship @20/-month for further studies for 03 years.
She took her first tentative step towards professional musical training, when her daughter's teacher started teaching her how to play the harmonium.
After her husband retired, Basanti Bisht settled in Dehradun, and was empanelled in 1996 as an : "B" GRADE Artist at All India Radio stationNajibabad.
The ancient folk traditions of the hills of Uttarakhand were no longer being sung and Basanti Bisht took it on herself to search for old lost songs and later render them in the same old tunes.