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Ranendra Kumar Das is a Bangladeshi-American tabla player. Ranendra started learning tabla shortly after his birth in Sylhet, Bangladesh. His studies began with his father, and when he reached school age he began training with Mahibur Rahman (Mahit). He went on to study with Milan Bhattacharya in Bangladesh. In 1995, Ranendra immigrated to the United States and in 2001 he was initiated by his guru and world-renowned tabla maestro, Pandit Samir Chatterjee. Since then he has been going through the rigorous discipline of lessons and practice according to the ancient Guru-Shishya Parampara (master-disciple tradition).

Since coming to the US, Ranendra has lived in New York City.

Ranendra earned his Bachelor of Music degree with a concentration in Music Performance from the University of Bridgeport (UB) in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He studied Western Classical music along with Indian music, Tabla as a major instrument besides Piano and Marimba, and other percussion instruments while attending UB. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.