User:Isheeta Ganguly/sandbox

Isheeta is an acclaimed fusion singer and playwright ("Three Women", “Shakuntala Awaits" & “Sundays with Chitra & Chaitali”) who began her musical journey at the age of seven and released her first album at fifteen. Raised in the U.S., Turkey, Japan and Indonesia, Isheeta's music weaves together the many threads of her musical journey from her training in Tagore's and Hindustani classical music (under the great maestros Suchitra Mitra & Vijay Kicchlu) to her versatile training and performance in jazz, pop and R&B styles throughout her years of growing up in New York. She has released seven widely acclaimed albums since her childhood and more recently her first fusion album, "Damaru - I Feel Your Rhythm", arranged by Bollywood music producer Shantanu Moithra and Grammy award winning percussionist Tanmoy Bose. Prior to creating “Three Women”, Isheeta collaborated on a number of acclaimed multi-media Tagore fusion projects including "Chiranthan" with Amitabh Bachchan & Tanushree Shankar, "Still I Rise" with danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, "A Tribute to Tagore" with the late Ustad Vilayat Khan and "Riot" with actress Shabana Azmi & Madhur Jaffrey. Isheeta has recently performed for Chelsea Clinton on the Intrepid in New York City as well as for TED X Gateway in Mumbai. Isheeta has just completed the screenplay adaptation for "Three Women" for Yashraj Films which is in pre-production. Isheeta was previously a management consultant with Deloitte and also served as the Country Head for Sesame Street India. Currently she is also a screenwriter with YashRaj Films. She has her BA from Brown University and her Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University.