Early life and education

Bhagwat was born 1974 in Bhilai

Bhilai

Bhilai or Bhilai Nagar is a city in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh, in eastern central India. As of 2001, it had a population of 753,837. The city is located west of the capital Raipur, on the main Howrah–Mumbai rail line, and National Highway 6...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. She was introduced to playing sitar at the age of nine by her uncle. Bhagwat trained under R. N. Verma of the Maihar gharana

Maihar gharana

The Maihar gharana is a gharana or school of Hindustani or North Indian classical music formed principally by the versatile genius and sarod maestro Ustad Allaudin Khan in Maihar in the Madhya Pradesh state of India....

 and traveled to Bhilai

Bhilai

Bhilai or Bhilai Nagar is a city in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh, in eastern central India. As of 2001, it had a population of 753,837. The city is located west of the capital Raipur, on the main Howrah–Mumbai rail line, and National Highway 6...

 at the age of 13 to train under Bimalendu Mukherjee

Bimalendu Mukherjee

Bimalendu Mukherjee is world-renowned Hindustani classical sitar player, and a teacher of the Imdadkhani gharana ,...

 of the Imdadkhani gharana

Imdadkhani gharana

The Imdadkhani gharana is a North Indian school of sitar and surbahar music, stemming from the very ancient Gwalior gharana. It was created by Imdad Khan , and is also known as the Etawah gharana, after a village outside Agra where Imdad lived...

. She performed for All India Radio

All India Radio

All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...

 beginning in 1994 and was awarded a national scholarship by the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development

Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)

The Ministry of Human Resource Development is an Indian government ministry, responsible for the development of human resources...

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Bhagwat performed in India and the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. She is based in the United States, and married. Bhagwat continues to train as a sitarist and listens to Indian classical

Indian classical music

The origins of Indian classical music can be found in the Vedas, which are the oldest scriptures in the Hindu tradition. Indian classical music has also been significantly influenced by, or syncretised with, Indian folk music and Persian music. The Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, describes music...

singers to improve her technique.

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