Shruti Jauhari

Shruti Jauhari was born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. She received her initial training in Hindustani classical music from her father, R. M. Verma, and later trained under Pandit G. R. Kulkarni. == Career ==

She has performed Indian classical music in India and abroad. with broadcasts from its Jabalpur, Bhopal, and Chennai stations. India International Centre in New Delhi, Purandara Bhavana in Bengaluru, Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, Some of her workshops have been held at institutions such as Goldsmiths, University of London, the University of Oxford, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, Narada Gana Sabha, Ramanujan Auditorium, and The Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Writing She wrote her first book on music, titled Elements of Hindustani Classical Music, which was published in 2011 by D.K. Printworld, New Delhi. The book explains the foundational concepts of Hindustani music, including rāg, tāl, gharana traditions, and historical background, and in the postgraduate syllabus at the Central University of Punjab. Her second book, Rag Malika, was published in 2016 by Sangeet Karyalaya, Hathras. It is an English adaptation of Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande's Kramik Pustak Malika. The book presents selected rāgs and tāls with notations and interpretive commentary. It is intended to be accessible to both Indian and Western readers. The cover features artwork by S. Rajam. Jauhari authored her third book, Fundamentals of Hindustani Classical Music, published in 2021 by Munshiram Manoharlal. She also contributed to Bharatasya Sangeet-Vishwanubandha Yatra, an anthropological review of Indian music published by Mumbai Tarun Bharat in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Academic She has served as visiting faculty in the Department of Music at the University of Madras. In 2001, Jauhari established the Geetanjali Sangeet Academy in Chennai. She served as the Faculty Head of Hindustani classical music at the KM Music Conservatory, founded by A. R. Rahman. == Bibliography ==

Gautaman Bhaskaran of Hindustan Times, in his review of Elements of Hindustani Classical Music, described the book as "an enriching journey of the various gharanas of vocal music, letting us peek into the lives of some illustrious musicologists and singers." He noted that the volume "does not really purport to be a treatise on history" and is "meant for those musically inclined and who might want to pursue this strand of music either as a rasika or a student, perhaps eventually graduating into a performer". Reviewing Elements of Hindustani Classical Music in The Hindu, Savitha Gautam wrote that the book "packs quite a bit of information" and offers "valuable information about the evolution and the current state" of Hindustani music. She appreciated its coverage of musical forms, gharanas, and notable figures, but noted that it "lacks tight editing" and pointed to issues with grammar and punctuation. The Hindu, in its review, described Jauhari's book Rag Malika (2016) as "a unique attempt" to adapt V.N. Bhatkhande's Kramik Pustak Malika into English, noting that it "holds enormous possibilities" for connecting Hindustani and Western classical music. It also noted that the book seeks to bridge the gap between Indian and Western musical traditions and contribute to a broader global music consciousness. == References ==