Debashish Bhattacharya (Bengali: দেবাশীষ ভট্টাচার্য, Hindi: देवाशीष भट्टाचार्य, Devāśiṣ Bhaṭṭācārya, born 12 January 1963) is an Indian classical musician, singer, composer and educator.

A music producer who plays lap slide guitar, he has taught more than a thousand students, created a new genre (Hindustani Slide Guitar), designed his own instruments (including the Chaturangui, Anandi and Gandharvi)[2] and performed in more than two thousand concerts and workshops, with Grammy nominations and several world music awards.

[3][4] His latest guitar creation, the Pushpa Veena, is perhaps the first slide instrument in the world with a top made of animal skin.

[10] In 2002, he created a type of slide guitar called the Anandi, a blend of ukulele and mandolin named after his daughter.

[14] Among his most popular albums are 2003's Mahima with Bob Brozman and 2005's 3: Calcutta Slide-Guitar, both of which are on Riverboat Records and ranked in the top 10 of the Billboard World Music Charts.

[15] He was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award in the category of Best Traditional World Music Album for Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey.

Guru, an improvisational collaboration with Polish jazz musicians Hubert Zemler (drums) and Wojtek Traczyk (double-bass) recorded during a single all-night session.

2023 January Debashish has released his new album The Sound of the Soul from John McLaughlin's label Abstractlogix