Born to musician parents Rhitom Sarkar, a child prodigy, started his study of guitar at the age of nine under Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya and continued for ten years. He received advance training in sitar from Pt. Shyamal Chatterjee a disciple of Late Ustad Dabir Khan Sahib and Pt. Ravi Shankar. He also studied with tabla maestro Subhankar Banerjee and Pt. Samar Saha.

Maulik Mehta is a student of Pt. Samir Chatterjee. He started his early training in tabla under the guidance of his father Shri Pankajbhai Mehta.  He further continued his training under Prof. Sashikant Sant – Ajrala gharana (Vidyanagar, Gujarat).  Based out of New Jersey, Maulik has performed with various artists in the sugam, folk and bhajan genres of Hindustani music.  He is continuing his training under the guidance of Pt. Samir Chatterjee and is a member of Chhandayan-New Jersey.

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