Sarbari is the granddaughter of Late Pandit Santosh Kumar Banerjee who was a well-known Dhrupad singer. She got her initial training from her mother Smt. Minoti Mukherjee. She then learnt from Pandit Arun Bhaduri (Khayal) at the Sangeet Research Academy in India. She got trained in Dhrupad from Pandit Arun Bhattacharya, Smt.Kaberi Kar and Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar in the Guru Shishya parampara style. She also has training in Tabla from Pandit Samir Chatterjee.

After her schooling from Loreto (Calcutta) Sarbari joined the Rabindra Bharati University to study Hindustani Classical vocal music. She was the gold medallist in both the Bachelor’s and Master’s examinations in her university. She is a National Scholar (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India) and has also received a grant from NADA in Houston USA. She got the prestigious title of ‘Surmoni’ from Mumbai, India in 1999 for her contribution to Dhrupad performance. She has composed and sung for several TV serials in India and also writes regularly in newspapers and cultural magazines.

Sarbari combines a depth of understanding of the theory behind the music with her powerful imagination for melodious alaaps. Her rendition of dhrupad and khayal evokes emotions in listeners that are almost as timeless and deep in nature as religion itself. She is an exponent of both Classical and light Classical music and is very popular with all kinds of listeners, the ones steeped in the knowledge of Hindustani Classical as well as the ones starting on the journey. She has performed on numerous occasions in various cities across India and in the US in New York, Washington DC, Richmond and Charlottesville. She is a Montessori certified teacher residing in northern Virginia and takes an active role in the cultural activities of her community. Apart from performing and touring, Sarbari trains both young and adult classical vocalists in Hindustani classical and light Classical Music.