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Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi, PhD
Dr. Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi is a rare exponent of sitar belonging to the illustrious musical family of Nepal. Under the tutelage of his father Prof Satish C Regmi, he honed his skills and later on, after his law graduation, he completed his Master’s degree in music from Delhi University, India. He has also received PhD degree in music from Delhi University for his dissertation titled “History of music in Nepal with special reference to classical music during the Rana period”. Dhrubesh feels himself very fortunate to avail lessons from the various personalities in India that include legendary Sitar Maestro Pt. Uma Shankar Mishra.

Dhrubesh is known to be the first musician in Nepal to receive the PhD degree. He is also a Fulbright Visiting Scholar and has completed his Post Doctorate and Artistic work on the theme of ‘music for peace and harmony’ in The Graduate Centre, City University of New York, USA in 2013-14.

Dhrubesh is the founder of a musical group ‘Sukarma’ and Goodwill Ambassador for Nepal Tourism Year 2011, has been a recipient of various prestigious awards who has also been performed extensively in many parts of the world. He has written many articles and couple of books, conducted many researches and presented several papers nationally and internationally as well as published more than 15 audio visuals.

Currently, Dhrubesh is a Professor at the Music Department of Padma Kanya Multiple Campus of Tribhuvan University. He is also teaching Research Methodology as a guest lecturer for the Masters and PhD level at the Central Department of Fine Arts, Tribhuvan University. Dhrubesh is now a respected name in the field of music both as the performer and musicologists who is significantly contributing in formalizing and development of music education in Nepal.