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Pandit: Devabrata Chaudhuri (also known as Debu Cahudhuri) is a well known Sitar Maestro in India who has won several awards and recognition for his kcontribution to Indian classical music.

He was born in Kolkata on 30th May 1935 to Shri Bisweswar Chaudhuri and Hiranbala Devi. He was the founder Chairperson of the Delhi University Culture council and was the former Dean and Head of the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts,

Dr. Chaudhuri is the creator of eight new ragas: Bisweswari, Palas-Sarang, Anuranjani, Ashiqui Lalit, Swanandeswari, Kalyani Bilawal, Shivamanjari and Prabhati Manjari (named after his wife Manju, who passed away recently). He is the author of three books "Sitar and It's Techniques", "Music of India" and "On Indian Music"; has read several papers on music in various Seminars in Indian Universities and Abroad; is the Visiting Professor at MUM, Fairfield, IOWA, USA. His books add another dimension to his creativity. Sitar enthusiasts in India and Europe have found his writings extremely useful in understanding the art of playing the sitar.

He also holds the rare privilege of delivering 87 lectures and performing 27 concerts in 67 days at the Govt of India’s "Festival of India in Sweden" in the year 1984. Many of his students are now propagating his Guru’s style all over the World and many foreign students are coming to learn under his guidance under the Cultural exchange programme.

He has represented India at various International Seminars, Festivals and has served as Chairman of many symposiums. He has to his credit close to 45 papers that he has presented at various seminars. He was India’s official representation in many International Festivals including Montreaux-Vevey Festival, Morocco International Festival, UNESCO Festival at Perth, Trinidad Festival and Cuba etc.

Among his manifold accomplishments, he provided in-flight music for Indian Airlines and composed Music for Indian TV short film and also for German TV. In the year 1983 he was involved as an advisor to the project for promoting Indian music in the schools of Leicestershire, England, under the sponsorship of the Government of India and Leicestershire County Council, a project which, apart from being the first of its kind, was also replicated in Birmingham at a later stage