Pt. Mukundraj Deo - Tabla

One of the finest young Tabla Players from our country, Mukundraj Deo comes from a family with great liking of Dance and Music. He has received inspiration and promotion for his art from his mother Dr. Mrs. Manjiri Deo, a Kathak Dancer [Disciple of Late Natraj Gopikrishna] and father, Mr. Shreeram Deo, a true lover of Dance and Music. He has undergone a rigorous training of Tabla from Late Pt. Brijraj Mishra of Bananas Gharana and Pt. Mridangraj of Ajrada Gharana. He completed Sangeet Visharad and Alankaar in Tabla with first class from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. His talent was acclaimed in the form of National Scholarship from Government of India in 1990, a prestigious title Taalmani from Sursingar Samsad, Bombay in 1993 and National fellowship in 1997. He is an 'A' grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. Apart from this he also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce.

Mukundraj has written a book on Tabla in Marathi named 'Susamvad Tablyashi''. Recently he has been awarded by title 'PANDIT' by Savarkar Seva Sanstha, Thane.

He has the distinction of having accompanied Maestroes like Natraj Gopikrishna, Pt. Birju Maharaj, Dr. Prabha Atre, Begum Parveen Sultana, Ustad Dilshad Khan, Pt. Jasraj, Late Pt. C.R.Vyas, Dr. N. Rajam, Ustad Raiskhan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, , Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pt. Ramnarayan, Pt. Satish Vyas, Rahul Sharma, Pt. Ronu Majumdar, Ashatai Khadilkar, etc.

	Albums published:
	As an accompanist Mukundraj has many commercial recordings (CD's and cassettes) with Dr. Prabha Atre, Begum Parveen Sultana, Mrs. Arti AnkalikarTikekar, Pt. Satish Vyas, Pt. Brijnarayan, Ustad Irshad Khan, Rupak Kulkarni and many others. Recently his Tabla Solo CD has also been released.