Manas Chakraborty

Pandit Manas Chakraborty (Bengali: মানস চক্রবর্তী Maanosh Chokrobortee) (9 September 1942 – 12 December 2012) was an Indian classical vocalist. He belonged to Kotali Gharana started by his father and guru Sangeetacharya Tarapada Chakraborty. Chakraborty performed at many music conferences and programs including the Allauddin Music Conference (1976), the 5th RIMPA Music Festival (Benaras, 1984), Swai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav (Pune, 1984). He was a writer and composer. He used the pseudonym Sadasant or Sadasant Piya to write bandish. He composed many Bengali songs.Pt.Manas Chakraborty written a book with a bunch of exclusive Bengali poems named "TUMIO BHETORE NEEL NAKHASTRA ' edited by Smt.Maitrayee Bandyopadhyay & published by Pratibhas Publication.'

Contents

• PANDIT MANAS CHAKRABORTY RAAG DESH Madhyalaya in TeentaalMPG
• Pandit manas chakraborty raag bihagda
• Awards
• References

Awards

Heritage Samman by Heritage World Society, Tower Group (2012)

Sangeet Samman Award, Presented by The Dover Lane Music Conference (2011)

Dishari Award (Twice) – West Bengal Journalists' Association

Maharishi Award (1987) – Maharishi World Centre of Gandharva Veda at U.K. Roydon Hall

Girija Shankar Memorial Award (1989) – Girija Shankar Smriti Parishad

Jadubhatta Award (1995) – Salt Lake Cultural Association, Kolkata

Outstanding Citizen Award (2000) – English Teaching Union.

Award for his excellence at 15th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Sangeet Sammellan – Samrat Sangeet Academy (Goa).

Felicitated by Rotary International

Felicitated by Dover Lane Music Conference (1992) on his 50th birth-anniversary

Felicitated by Kotalipara Sammelani (2000)

Felicitated by Samatat for his contribution in the field of Indian Arts and Music

Lifetime Achievement Award from Mohanananda Brahmachari Sishu Seva Pratisthan