Career
He plays the Sarod. His "Dhrupadee Veenkar" style of Ustad Alauddin Khan"s Seni Veenkar Gharana: analytically imaginative prosodic progression with metrical waves of melodic phrases interwoven with highest order of technical brilliance and maturity reminds the great legends of the Gharana. He is an internationally recognized instructor of classical Indian music He has been tutored and groomed by Rabin Ghosh, disciple of Ustad Alauddin Khan, under the strict discipline and style of Ustad Alauddin Khan Seni Veenkar Gharana of Maihar and Rampur for over nineteen years.
Apratim"s study in Music under Rabin Ghosh continues.
Apratim also received training for a period of three years from Shree Partho Sarothy, disciple of Ustad Dhyanesh Khan and Pint Ravishankar. Presently he is under training of Doctor Pradip Kumar Chakraborty, one of the seniormost disciples of Pint
Ravi Shankar. Awarded by "West Bengal State Music Akademi" and "The Dover Lane Music conference".
"Sur Mani" title conferred by Sur Singar Samsad Mumbai. His "Dhrupadee Veenkar" style of Ustad Alauddin Khan"s Seni Veenkar Gharana, analytically imaginative prosodic progression with metrical waves of melodic phrases interwoven with highest order of technical brilliance and maturity reminds the great legends of the Gharana.