Kalpana Umashankar S

Kalpana Sumanth Umashankar is a Bengaluru-based Hindustani classical vocalist of the Gwalior gharana. Born to Umashankar Rajanahally and Suneetha Umashankar of Davanagere, north Karnataka, she began learning Hindustani vocal at age five under Pandit Maruthi Rao Inamdar and was later trained by the renowned Gwalior-gharana vocalist Veena Sahasrabuddhe. She is a performing concert vocalist who has received state and national recognition.