Career
In 1994, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India"s National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. She is a vocalist and an exponent of the Rampur-Sadarang Parampara. She learnt music from Pandit Bholanath Bhat and Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan (d 1964) of Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.
A large number of his compositions – Khayals, Thumris, Tappas and Dadras – are part of her portfolio.
