Meenal Mategaokar

GHARANA

Gwalior

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Meenal Mategaokar, born in Nagpur, is a Hindustani classical vocalist. She began learning at the age of 10 from Shri Appasaheb Indurkar, under whom she studied various styles of Hindustani classical music for more than 15 years. After leaving Nagpur, she received guidance from Shri Vasantrao Rajurkar, Hyderabad, and Smt. Shobha Abhyankar, Pune. She now lives in Mumbai and learns from Smt. Asha Khadilkar, a vocalist in Hindustani classical and semi-classical music. Meenal holds a Sangeet Alankar. She stood first at the national level in the All India Radio (AIR) competition for classical vocal music and is a B-High grade classical vocalist at Mumbai Akashvani. She received the Sur-Ratna title from the Bhatkhande Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Raipur, and the Sur-Mani title from the Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai. She was awarded the Dr. Amir Kasam & Hasan Ali Lakhani scholarship, organised by Ganavardhan, Pune, and other honours including Kal Ki Khoj by the Nehru Center, Mumbai, the Youva Mahotsav conducted by the South Central Zone Cultural Center, Ujjain, and national-level inter-university youth festivals. She has performed in Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolhapur, Ujjain and Raipur. An M.Tech (Civil) from Visvesveraya Regional Engineering College, Nagpur, she has devoted all her energies to music.