Sombala Kumar

Sombala Kumar holds a master's degree in Classical Music from Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar (M.P.

Thereafter, she got a scholarship for four years from Ustad Allaudin Khan Sangeet Academy, Bhopal to learn Dhrupad.

In the musical Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein she was noticed and commended by several eminent artists for taking gamak, a very difficult vocal instrument, in the absence of a pakhawaj.

She was recognised by SPIC MACAY and All India Radio as a top grade artist.

Sombala Kumar has been a visiting fellow and visiting professor of Voice Culture and Dhrupad at Indira Kala Sangeet University, Khairagarh, which she left on 31 July 2023.