Shashwati Mandal

From 1987-1992, she received a Department of Culture (Govt of India) scholarship to study under the veteran Gwalior gharana singer Pt.

[3] Balasaheb instilled into her the finer nuances of Gwalior gayaki, and also trained her into the art of Tappa singing, the vibrant semi-classical genre.

She also studied briefly under Purnima Chaudhuri for Thumri, Gundecha Brothers for Dhrupad, and Sarbat Hussain for Ghazal[1] singing.

In 2009-2010, she received Sanskriti Foundation's Mani Mann Fellowship[3] to study under Madhup Mudgal of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi.

Some of her major performances include Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav in Pune, Maharashtra in 2006 and 2022,[10][11] Darbar Festival in United Kingdom in 2008,[12] Saptak Annual Festival of Music in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in 2010,[13] Vishnu Digambar Jayanti Samaroh in New Delhi in 2010 and 2018,[14][15] Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan in Jalandhar, Punjab in 2012 and 2019,[5][16] ITC Sangeet Sammelan in Kolkata, West Bengal in 2014,[17] Hridayesh Art Festival in Mumbai, Maharashtra in 2019,[18] and Tansen Samaroh in Gwalior (several years, most recently in 2021).