Ram Deshpande
Ram Deshpande
Vocalist
19 Renditions • 7 h 23 m
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GURUS
Chepe
Panake
Prabhakar Deshkar
Yashwantbua Joshi
Ulhas Kashalkar
Babanrao Haldankar
DISCIPLES
Nishad Bakre
Aditya Modak
AWARDS
Government of India scholarship
Kesarbai Kerkar scholarship, NCPA
Best Vocalist Award, Sangeet Research Academy1991
Vidyasagar Award
Aditya Birla Kalakiran Award2005
Dr. Ram Deshpande is a classical vocalist whose renditions reflect the Gwalior, Jaipur and Agra gharanas. Born in 1968, he had his initial training from Chepe, Panake and Prabhakar Deshkar, took advanced training from Yashwantbua Joshi and Ulhas Kashalkar, and also trained under Babanrao Haldankar. A gold medallist in his postgraduate studies at Nagpur University, he completed his doctoral thesis on Mishra Raags under the guidance of V.R. Athavle. He received a Government of India scholarship and the Kesarbai Kerkar scholarship awarded by the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai. He was given the Best Vocalist Award in 1991 by the Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, and has also received the Vidyasagar Award and the Aditya Birla Kalakiran Award in 2005. An 'A' grade artiste of Indian radio and television, Dr. Deshpande has commercial recordings to his credit and has performed at several venues in India and abroad.