About
Shruthi Shankar Kumar has been learning Carnatic music for the past 20 years. She is currently pursuing advanced training under Vidwan Delhi Sri P Sunder Rajan for the past 9 years. Previously, she learnt from Palghat Sri T R Rajaram, son of Palghat Sri Mani Iyer.
She is a recipient of the “Bharat Ratna Dr MS Subbulakshmi Fellowship in Music” awarded by the Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai from 2018-2020. For the first year, she received the Fellowship from the Hon. Vice President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu.
She is an “A GRADE” artiste of All India Radio, Chennai. She has been performing concerts since the age of 14 at many of the leading sabhas in Chennai.
She has performed regularly in the Margazhi concerts of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha. Narada Gana Sabha, The Mylapore Fine Arts Club, Kartik Fine Arts, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Brahma Gana Sabha, Naada Inbam, Carnatica etc.
She has also performed several concerts at notable venues in other places like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata to name a few. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a certified Yoga instructor