Chhandayan - Student List

A Abhijit Joshi Abhishek SenGupta Abhishek Narayan Abdullah Sadat Achyut Tope Aditya Koolwal Akash Kaushik Akshay Mangala Ajay Subramaniam Ajinkya U. Kelkar Ajoy Adur Alfred Lisanti Alimpon Sinha Aloke Chatterjee Amer Choudhuri Ami Fixler Amit Shah Amod Dandawate Amrit Gupta Amrita Razdan Anand Amarjit Anand Mehta Anand Patole Anand Deonarayan Anant Mathur Andalib Alamgir Andreas Von Flue Aneesh Sampath Animesh Jain Aneesh Marawaha Anjali Iyer Anik Saha Ankita Rao Anubhav Bhargav Aparna Jain Arjun Lahiri Arka Sengupta Arjumand A. Ansari Arpan Roy Arpan Ghimiray Asa Siegel Ashish Bhatt Ashish Dashottar Ashis Sinha Ashutosh Gupta Ashutosh Khandekar Asok Choudhury Asya Ollis Aukosh Jagannath Avtar Singh	B Balaji Nayak Balasubramanian Krishnan Balmiki Amarjit Balwant Dixit Benjamin Clark Bharati Venkatraman Birsha Chatterjee Beata Barinbaum Bill Buchen Bill Roseberry Bodek Janke Brendan Woodward Brian Dilg	C Carlos del Pinto Caron Carnahan Chetan Nandkumar Charles Walters Chris Griffin Cliff Hackford Cristiano Tiozzo Cristopher Meehan
D David Dillon David Sharma David Ratcliff Dalil Rahman Daniel Johnson Daniel Prabhakar Daniel Sumit Ghosal Debanjan Saha Debayan Kanjilal Devashis Mitra Denise La Breche Devesh Nirmul Driss Benyaklef Donna Bonin Doug Scheuerell Doug Warner Dhruba Kelley Smith Dhruva Bhatia Dulal Bhowmik	E Edwin John Elain Shen Elan Rivera Emilio Honey Ranglel Eric Belcastro Eric Morrill Eric James Eun Hee Park Evan Sanyour	F Faisal Arsala Faith Birchall
G Ganesh Steven Tulsi Gaurang Satija Giovanna Blackstone Girindra Kulkarni George Niver Gita Tope Gory Ratkovich Graham Nalle Gurmit Singh	H Hamza Alam Harish Karhade Hemant Vaidya Harsh Srivastava Harshal Tole Hemant Vora Hiralal Singh	I Indra Banerjee
J Jack Watson James Baker James Borchers James Wardenberg Jayant Kumar Jaydeep V. Parikh Jayesh Kotecha Jadev Iqbal Jeet Choudhury Jeffrey Adkins Jeffrey L. W. Barnes Jennifer Gillerman Jeremy Brown Jerry Teters Jim Washington Joel Sneed Joe Thomas John Wieczorek Johnny Pankaj Martel Justin Ahiyon Justin Padro Jyotin Basrur	K Kabir Carter Kalim Malik Kallash Dura Karsh Kale Kaunteya Nandy Kawsar Ahmed Kedar Deshpande Khairullah Monawer Khaled Wassel Kishan B. Joshi Krishan Chhabra Krish Brahmbhatt Krishna Nath Krishna Robinson Kualil Omkar Kunal Varun Singh	L Leticia Riberio Lubindra Dasrat
M Madhava Patibanda Maitrey Padukone Maleki Serge Mangal Prasad Mangesh Hattikudur Manas Kulkarni Manish Doshi Manju Osthana Manu Goyal Mariam Shastri Mario Monaco Mark Guiliana Marc Miralta Marc Mommas Matt Fortmeyer Max Vanderbeek Maxine Fisher Maxwell Musser Mayur Subbarao Mehul Joshi Meera Laube Merrill Clark Michael Aziz Michael Dodin Mieko Kambara Mirajkar V. Sridhar Mitali Dutta Mohit Dayal Monisha Raja	N Nachiketa Rao Nadia Gareeb Naim Ali Narayana Chitti Narendra Budhakar Nasli Batliwala Navjyot Hanspal Nazma Nema Nyar Neil Dave Neil Dubey Neyla Martinez Tejeda Neil Parekh Nick Russo Nicole Paxon Niej Mehta Nikhil Ambarasan Nikhil Deodhar Nikhil Neelkanthan Nilesh Patel Nipun Chhabra NIrvan Sengupta Nisha Sondhe Nishil Kothary Nitin Mayur Numreen Quereshi	O Oniruddha Paul Som Roy Oniruddh Challa
P Pablo Muller Pamela Novick Parker Christie Parth Bhhambhatt Paul F. Gomez Paul Hofreiter Paul Minkeff Paul Wiltgen Pete Mandas Philip Pernice Piyush Joshi Prajesh Sinha Pranav Bhojraj Prasant Mehta Pratik Devasthale Priyam Parikh Priya Patel Priyanka Tope	Q Qusim Naqvi	R Raaj V. Chheda Rahil Shair Rahat R. Bathija Rajen Shah Rajesh Gangadhar Rajshekhar M. Rao Rakesh Pinto Ramana Kanumalla Ramesh Raghavan Randy Butler Randy Jagoo Randall Jamrok Randy Butler III Ranendra Kumar Das Ranjit S. Hira Rao A. Andavolu Ravi Farzan Ravi Padmanabha Ravi Ponamgi Reema Dutta Richard Huntley Richard L. Isaac Richard Ryan F. Moschell Richie Paray Rich Rayburg Rik Masterson Rishi Pathak Ritesh Dhar Roger Lall Singh Rohan Mahashabde Rohin Sheetal Khemani Rohit Ravinath Rohan Mishra Rohan Tawde Romeo Thomas Ronald F. Kneggi II Roopak Bhattacharya Rose Okada Rushi Thanawala Rutvij Pandya
S Sadev Parikh Sagar Beharry Sajjad Chowdhury Sal D'Anjio Shalin Kadakia Sameer K. Punjal Sameer Munshi Samir Mehta Samir Varma Sanjiv K. Popli Sarah Feldman Saran Muthusamy Sarfraj Pagarkar Sarosh Tamboli Sarwar Aslamyar Sasank Aleti Satyajit Bhattacharya Satyan Bremmer Savesh Gupta Seth Moutal Shana Mathur Shane Shanehan Shan Faqueer Ahmad Shankar Edamadaka Shankar Basa Sharat Durbhakula Shashitej Basa Shazia Akram Sheila Dan Rotner Shiladitya Bhowmik Shiva Patraju Shivkumar Pandit Shivum Bharill Shreyas Deo Shri Vishnu Khalsa Shruti Patel Siddhartha Misra Siddarth Naithani Sidhir Gupta Somya Kaushik Sonal Ashtikar Sonia Sola Shourjya Majumder Souvik Roy Spiro Pantazatos Srimohan Damani Stephen Cellucci Steve Vierel Subhra Bose Sudip Mukherjee Sumitava Chatterjee Sumitra Mitra Reddy Sunil Arora Sunil Malhotra Sunil Thomas Sunila Kale Sunny Jain Suraj Sethi Susie Ibara Sybil Safi Swarup Swaminathan	T Tala (Marjorie Voytko) Tarak Dave Taresh Batra Tejas Tope Thomas Little Tim Miller Todd Miller Tom Goldenberg Tom Tedesco Trevor Cohen Tyrone Mitchell Tristan Kromer	U Uday Reddi Uday Shivamurthy
V Vajendra Ammar Valmiki Amarjot Varun Ram Varun K. Sarin Venkat Dinavahi Vats Thaker Ved Amin Venkat Ramakrishnan Vijar Kohli Vikash Menon Vikram Chandrashekhar Vikrant Kelkar Vinod Motwani Viral K. Dave Vivek Mehta Vivek Vaidya	W William Reseberry	X
Y Yoshi Matsuda Yash Valerao Yuta Ukai		Z Zinnia

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In the Indian musical tradition, there is a very unique system by which one generation passes down knowledge to the next, it is called the Guru - Shishya Parampara. This master - disciple relationship is different than a teacher - student relationship in that, a Guru is one's guide in life (both musical and philosophical), and a Shishya is more like a son or a daughter than simply a student. Traditionally, this relationship was considered more important than even the relationship between a parent and a child. It was believed that while a parent may bring you into this world, it is only your Guru who can give you knowledge, defining your existence. In many cases, the Shishya would stay with the Guru for a long period, becoming a member of his/her family, perform chores that a son or a daughter would, and have lessons in a very personal (intimate) setting.

Times have changed and so has the world. Many of the older traditions are being lost, or rather, are being sacrificed for the sake of convenience. When one goes to a music lesson nowadays, one is looking for one's money's worth, not philosophical guidance in life. But those of us who are fortunate enough to have a Guru who maintains the traditional practices, we few who, ourselves look for something more in life (a void that can only be filled by a Guru), have the opportunity to partake in this ancient ritual.

Those who are listed above as disciples have proven themselves worthy of receiving guidance from their Guru. They have spent and continue to spend a major part of their time with their Guru and look to him for answers in all aspects of their lives. We (myself included) were then chosen by our Guru (Pandit Samir Chatterjee) to become disciples via a (religious) ceremony, where, in front of God, we accepted our first lessons as disciples. Some of us have been with him for more than three decades while others have only known him for five years, but our dedication, perseverance, and absolute faith in our Guru, binds us all as a band of brothers and sisters (Guru-bhai-s & Guru-behan-s).