Background
She was born in Balaghat in the then province of C.P. and Berar, the oldest child of Gajanan Amberdekar, a judge, and Sundari Subedar.
She was born in Balaghat in the then province of C.P. and Berar, the oldest child of Gajanan Amberdekar, a judge, and Sundari Subedar.
She was also awarded the Kalidas Samman by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 2001-2002
She was also a student of Bhatkhande Music Institute at Lucknow under South. North. Ratanjankar. In 1953, she joined as the Director of Music at the All India Radio (Associated Independent Recording) and subsequently became Deputy Chief Producer of Music. Later, in 1968 she joined the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, at the Delhi University, eventually retiring in September 1981 as the Dean of the Faculty.
During her tenure, she supervised numerous research programs in the field of music, as well published several books on the subject.
In Delhi, in her last years, she was considered a storehouse of musical knowledge and history and was visited by many musicians who often were in search of obscure information or compositions. Her love before music had been English literature, and later she had acquired a formidable command over Sanskrit language and literature.