Manjusha Kulkarni Patil

Born in a family of music lovers in 1971, Manjusha Kulkarni Patil started learning music at the age of twelve from Chintubua Mhaiskar. She then underwent extensive training under D.V. Kanebua of the Agra and Gwalior gharanas. She is currently being guided by Narendra Kanekar from Mumbai, and Vikas Kashalkar in Pune.

Manjusha secured first position in the M.A (Music) examination and also received the Sangeet Visharad degree awarded by the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Miraj. She is an 'A' grade artise for classical and semi-classical music on All India Radio.

She has performed at prestigious music festivals like the Sawai Gandharva Festival, and has also received several awards such as the Pandit Jasraj Gaurav Puraskar and Manik Verma Puraskar.