Born on 1st January 1954, in a family of music lovers, Dr. Bharati Vaishampayan received her training in Hindustani classical music under Chintubua Mhaiskar, Sudhakarbua Digrajkar and Nivruttibua Sarnaik. She also studied the thumri-dadra forms under the guidance of Baburao Joshi.

Dr. Bharati completed her M.A. (Music) from S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai, in 1982. She was awarded the Sangeet Pravin (Doctorate in Music) by Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in 1985.

She belongs to the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana and has performed in numerous prestigious concerts and festivals. She has broadcast widely for AIR since the year 1972 and has been honoured as a grade ‘A’ artist in classical and light-classical categories. She also has to her credit a number of special programmes and lecture-demonstrations on rare raags of Hindustani music.

She has been associated with the Music Department of Shivaji University, Kolhapur, since its inception in 1984. She became the Head of the Music Department in 1987. She is presently the Dean and Head of Department of Music of Shivaji University. She has visited many universities for specialised lecture-demonstrations and refresher courses.
Dr. Bharati has directed several Marathi Sangeet Naataks. Sangeet Swayamvar directed by her won the first prize for Best Naatak along with a total of thirty-three awards at the Bruhanmaharashtra Shaikshanik Sanstha, Delhi.

Dr. Bharati is an examiner and member of the Board of Studies of various universities, namely Dharwad University, Goa University, Marathwada University, Nagpur University, Pune University, M.S. University Baroda, Kurukshetra University and Amravati University.
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Dr. Bharati Vaishampayan is the recipient of many awards and recognitions. Chief among these are:
• Government of India National Scholarship for higher training for the year 1976-77.
• “Gaan Hira” awarded by S.N.D.T., Mumbai, for her performance in the M.A. (Music) Exam in 1982.
• Best Teacher Award by Shivaji University in the year 1998.
• Mangal Puraskaar in 2001.
• Sangeetkar Ram Kadam Puraskaar awarded by Ram Kadam Pratishthan, Pune, in 2002.
• Kolhapur Bhushan Puraskaar in 2002.
• Bharat Jyoti Puraskaar awarded by India International Friendship Society, New Delhi, in 2003.

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