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Dr. (Mrs.) Sarita Pathak Yajurvedi
Dr. Sarita Pathak Yajurvedi is the daughter in law of great the musicologist Acharya K.C.D. Brahaspati & Vidushi Sulochana Brahaspati. She is an established vocalist of Hindustani classical music of the “Rampur Sadarang Parampara”(Rampur Gharana). Born in a culturally active family of Uttaranchal, Dr. Pathak Yajurvedi started learning classical music at the age of five years from Pt. Shanker Nath Patil, an eminent musician from Karnataka. Later, she continued her training in Hindustani Music with the renowned classical vocalist, Vidushi Sulochana Brahaspati, under the Guru Shishya Parampara.

Dr. Pathak Yajurvedi has received a large number of medals and prizes for her performances right from her childhood. She received the Sahitya Kala Parishad Scholarship from Delhi State and the National Scholarship and Daulat Ram College merit scholarship from Delhi University during her student days. She completed her M.Phil. in music and Ph.D. from Delhi University for a “Comparative study of classical and vocal music with the folk music of Uttaranchal”.