Ustad Asad Ali Khan (1 December 1937 – 14 June 2011) was an Indian musician who played the plucked string instrument Rudra Veena. Khan performed in the style dhrupad and was described as one of the best living Rudra Veena player in India by The Hindu. He was awarded the Indian civilian honor Padma Bhushan in 2008.

Pandit Milind Raikar was born on 3 December 1964, in a family where music was abounding in Goa. Young master Milind jee showed a great promise in music from his childhood. He appeared on the stage for the first time as a singer at the age of five. A young artiste Milind showed his musical prodigy as a guitarist as well as a bongo player in the successive years and then he took up the violin to learn Western music and passed grade IV from Trinity College of London under the tutelage of Professor A. P. D'Costa. He had been a part of the troupe of Indian pop star Remo Fernandes.

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Detailed description of the parts of a Sarod.

Pandit Hindraj Divekar (4 December 1954 - 18 April 2019) was a virtuoso of the Rudra Veena and Sitar. He teached the been in both Dhrupad and Khayal styles. Pandit Hindraj was one of the very few surviving rudra veena players in the world. He was the co-author of the book, Rudra Veena: An Ancient String Musical Instrument. He is the first artist to play Rudra Veena outside India and is the founder director of Hindgandharva Sangeet Academy, Pune.

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Dr. Alka Deo Marulkar (born 4th December, 1951) is a versatile vocalist, and a thinking musician. She has been awarded the Sangeetacharya degree – Doctorate in Music. She has had many accolades to her credit for her outstanding work, both in the field of musicology and her performing career.