Manas Chakraborty Explained

Manas Chakraborty
Birth Date:	1942 9, df=yes
Birth Place:	Barishal, Bengal Presidency, British India
Death Place:	Kolkata, India
Origin:	Barishal, Bangladesh
Genre:	Indian classical music
Occupation:	musician
Years Active:	1950–2012

Pandit Manas Chakraborty^[1] (Bengali: মানস চক্রবর্তী Maanosh Chokrobortee) (9 September 1942 – 12 December 2012) was an Indian classical vocalist.^[2] He was taught music by his father Tarapada Chakraborty. Chakraborty performed at many music conferences and programs including the Allauddin Music Conference (1976), the 5th RIMPA Music Festival (Benaras, 1984), and the Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav (Pune, 1984). He was a writer and composer, and used the pseudonym Sadasant or Sadasant Piya for composing bandishes.^[3] He composed many Bengali songs. He wrote a book with Bengali poems named "Tumio Bhetore Neel Nakhastra" edited by Maitrayee Bandyopadhyay and published by Pratibhas Publication.

Awards

• Heritage Samman by Heritage World Society, Tower Group (2012)^[4]
• Sangeet Samman Award, Presented by The Dover Lane Music Conference (2011)^[5]
• Dishari Award (Twice) – West Bengal Journalists' Association^[6]
• Maharishi Award (1987) – Maharishi World Centre of Gandharva Veda at U.K. Roydon Hall^[7]
• Girija Shankar Memorial Award (1989) – Girija Shankar Smriti Parishad^[8]
• Jadubhatta Award (1995) – Salt Lake Cultural Association, Kolkata^[9]
• Outstanding Citizen Award (2000) – English Teaching Union.^[10]
• Award for his excellence at 15th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Sangeet Sammellan – Samrat Sangeet Academy (Goa).^[11]
• Felicitated by Rotary International^[12]
• Felicitated by Dover Lane Music Conference (1992) on his 50th birth-anniversary^[13]
• Felicitated by Kotalipara Sammelani (2000)^[14]
• Felicitated by Samatat for his contribution in the field of Indian Arts and Music^[15]
• Lifetime Achievement Award from Mohanananda Brahmachari Sishu Seva Pratisthan^[16]

External links

• ManasChakraborty.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manas Chakraborty . SwarGanga Music Foundation . 20 December 2012 . 22 November 2013.
2. Web site: Veteran singer Manas Chakraborty passes on. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011315/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-13/kolkata/35795817_1_classical-music-pandit-ajoy-chakraborty-classical-vocalist . dead . 3 December 2013 . 13 December 2012 . . 27 January 2013.
3. Web site: Remembering Pandit Manas Chakraborty . ITC Sangeet Research Academy . 20 December 2012 . 22 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010018/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_news_views/obituary/manas_chakraborty.html . 3 December 2013 . dmy-all .
4. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
5. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
6. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
7. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
8. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
9. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
10. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
11. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
12. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
13. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
14. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
15. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.
16. Web site: Manas Chakraborty. www.manaschakraborty.com. 2019-06-10.