Omkar Dadarkar

Omkar Dadarkar, from a family of Marathi Natyasangeet experts, initially trained under his aunt Padmashree Manik Verma and later under Ram Deshpande. He further honed his skills with Pt. Yashwantbua Joshi of the Gwalior Gharana tradition and received rigorous instruction from Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar at the I.T.C. Sangeet Research Academy. Now a faculty member there, Dadarkar has gained recognition as a concert performer in India and abroad, earning the prestigious Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in 2010.