Background
Durga Jasraj was born in Mumbai to classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj and Madhura Pandit.
Durga Jasraj was born in Mumbai to classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj and Madhura Pandit.
Live, Television, Online, Mobile VAS, Radio, Civil Defense/DVDs. She founded "Art And Artistes (I) Private Limited.", an entertainment programming company in 1999.
She subsequently co-founded Indian Music Academy (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications) in 2006.
She has an older brother, music director Sharang Development Her maternal grandfather was legendary Bollywood director V. Shantaram.
Durga started her career as a classical vocalist when she was only seven. After making her acting debut in Ketan Anand"s Aaja Meri Jaan (1993), she acted in television series like, Chandrakanta (1994).
She performed as a Hindustani classical singer and along with her father for many years.
Television presenter
She became popular on Zee television"s show, Antakshari as a co-host with Annu Kapoor during the 1990s. She co-founded Indian Music Academy (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications) in 2006, with her father as a chief patron. The organization promotes various forms of Indian music
Today, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications also helps old and ailing musicians to get urgent medical attention.
She has conceived, produced and hosted the largest platform for all genres of Indian Music - the International Development & Education Award JALSA. Idea Jalsa was first telecast on Doordarshan followed by Zee television and now in 165 countries worldwide. In India, the telecasts have reached out to more than 14 crore unique viewers (140 million).
Idea Jalsa Live Concerts have travelled to more than 50 cities across India and in the latest series beginning in January 2013, reached out to 7 crore (70 million). Durga has also conceived the first Musical and Poetic depiction of a National Flag in the World, viz.
"Tiranga" a production that has also travelled across the world.
She served an active and full term as a Board member of the Censor Board of India.