S R Chishti completed his PhD from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra in music (Tabla).

[1][2] He is music (tabla) instructor at Cultural Education Center,[3] Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and authored Fun-e-Tabla the first ever book on the art of playing Tabla in Urdu language after 1906.

Khalifa Ustad Afaq Husain Khan (Tabla Maestro, Lucknow Gharana) Mr. Chishti is my one of my talented disciple.

I hope Mr. Chishti would give fame to Lucknow Gharana [June 11, 1989].Ustad Shafi Ahmad Khan (Vocalist), Sangeet Research Academy, ITC, Kolkata Mr. S.R.

He is one of the best disciples of Khalifa Ustad Afaq Husain Khan of Lucknow Gharana.