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Bombay Jayashri

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Singer, musician, teacher, composer, philanthropist, multi-talented artiste. These are just a few words that describe Smt. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath. Trained in both Carnatic and Hindustani music as well as the veena, she is one of the finest and most well-known voices in the realm of Indian music today.

Her career spans a dazzling repertoire of concerts and achievements. She has performed at prestigious venues, including Rashtrapathi Bhavan, The Kennedy Centre, and New York’s Carnegie Hall, becoming the second Carnatic musician to ever perform there after M.S. Subbulakshmi.

She has lent her voice to many a chartbuster hit across regions and languages, composed music for theatre and dance productions, and is an eagerly sought-after speaker.

In 2009, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Doctor of Letters by the Mother Teresa Women’s University. She also received the Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal in 2013 and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan in 2014. In 2013, her song ‘Pi’s Lullaby’ in the movie ‘Life of Pi’ was nominated in the Best Original Song category at the Academy Awards. She was nominated as India’s ambassador for the United States-based Earthday Network in 2017.

Profound, prolific, and protean, Smt. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath is a stalwart in the realm of Carnatic music and Indian arts.

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