Papia Sarwar (née Rahman; 21 November 1952 – 11 December 2024) was a Bangladeshi singer.
She took music lessons from Atiqul Islam, Waheedul Haq, Sanjida Khatun and Zahidur Rahim at Chhayanaut in 1966 and later at Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1973, she received a scholarship from the Government of India to study Rabindra Sangeet at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan.
In Visva-Bharati University, she was trained in classical music under Dhrubotara Joshi and in Rabindra Sangeet under Santidev Ghosh, Subinoy Roy, Kanika Banerjee and Nilima Sen.[6] Sarwar established a musical troupe named Geetoshudha in 1996.
[8] Her published albums include Purna Chander Mayay (2013)[9] and Chokher Dekha Praner Katha (2014).