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Nakul Abhyankar
Nakul Abhyankar (born 25th May 1990) is an upcoming Indian playback singer, composer, music arranger and programmer. He sings in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Tulu, Marathi and English.

Qualification
Nakul finished his BTech in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Suratkal, Karnataka (NIT-K) in 2012. Later, he completed his Graduate Diploma in Music, offered by Middlesex University, London at KM Music Conservatory established by Dr. A.R. Rahman in 2016.

He is proficient in both carnatic and hindustani style of classical music. He trained for Carnatic Classical under Smt. Subbalakshmi and then moved on to learn Hindustani Classical Music under Smt. Geeta Hedge from Kirana Gharana and Dr. Shruti Jauhari at KM Music Conservatory. He also received training in Opera singing from Gilles Denizot at KM Music Conservatory for 3 years. Under Gilles, Nakul was part of Operas like "It's Complicated" and "Iktsuarpok". He has learnt audio engineering, sound designing and music programming for 2 years. He attended Vocal Masterclass at Royal Conservatory of Scotland.

Achievements

 * Performed with Dr. A.R. Rahman and BBC Symphoinic Orchestra at Glasgow, Feb 2014.
 * Performed at Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow, 2014
 * Singer in Rahman's Jazz Vocal Band called NAFS
 * Winner of Zee Kannada SAREGAMAPA, season 7(2009), judged by Hamsalekha.
 * Secured 9th Position as the Wild Card Entry in Hindi SAREGAMAPA Singing Superstar. The show was judged by Vishal-Shekhar, Daler Mehandi and Sajid-Wajid.
 * Nakul has performed over 300 shows in India and abroad combined.

Personal Life
Nakul is the younger son to Mrs Vijaya and Mr. Ramesh Bhat. His elder brother, Nachiket is also a trained singer and currently lives in California, USA. Nakul got married in April 2018 to Ramya Bhat. Ramya is also a trained classical singer. They have settled in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.