About me in short

Padmashree (prof.) Sharda sinha, an exponent of folk music, has brought this neglected part of our cultural heritage the dignity and high seriousness of classical expression as a translucence added to the warmth & spontaneity of the folk world.

                              

Smt.sinha was initiated into Indian classical music by the late pt. Raghu Jha, an eminent khayal singer of panchgachiya gharana. Her further traning came from late

pt. sitaram hari dandekar and panna devi, a thumri and dadra virtuoso.

Prof. sinha an M.Mus (Indian classical Music-vocal ) and a nritya visharad (Manipur) started making magic with her voice when she was almost a nonentity in the music world.with her debuton Maithili number “dularua bhaiya”she raised a storm which heralded the dawn of new era in the realm of folk music. A tribute to “maithil kokil vidyapati (HMV-1983)made her famous even in distant land countries like Russia ,china,, the U K and the U S A . During her cultural tours sponsored by I C C R(Govt. of India ) of Mauritius, Surinam, Germany, Belgium, Holland ,Luxembourg, Egypt , with her subtle artistry and mellifluous voice Prof. sinha charmed the millions of rural folk and city-bred elites alike.               

 Her numbers in the hindi block busters “Maine pyar kiya” , “hum aapke hain kaun” , and Bhojpuri films “mayee”, “Bolbum”, “Dagabaaz balma”, “ Ganga maiya tohe piyari chadhaibai”, and “Sohagan bana da sajna” have further endeared her countless people in India and abroad.   

Awards and honors have come to prof.sinha in plenty-

Varsh ka sarvottam kalakar -(H M V)                                                                             1979

Lok kala shree -                                                                                                                  1983

Gold disc  -                                                                                                                          1986

Bihar gaurav -                                                                                                                     1987

Double platinum disc-                                                                                                       1988

Bihar ratna -                                                                                                                         1988

Bhojpuri ratna – (pashchim bang Bhojpuri parishad)                                                  1988

Lok ratna-                                                                                                                            1990

Padmashree (Govt. of India)-                                                                                           1991

Kabeer samman -                                                                                                                1992

Bhojpuri ratna-(luckhnow)-                                                                                              1993

Sangeet gaurav -                                                                                                                 1993

Bhikhari thakur samman -                                                                                                1996

Mithila vibhuiti samman-                                                                                                 1996

Ambedkar cultural award -                                                                                              1997

Sarvochchya Nargik Samman-                                                                                         1997

Sangeet Natak Akademy Award-(Govt.of India)                                                          2000

Bhartendu harishchandra samman -                                                                               2002

Netaji  subhash Chandra samman -                                                                                2003

Rashtriya Devi Ahiliya Samman –(Govt. of M.P)                                                         2006

Bihar kalakar samman (Govt. of  Bihar)-                                                                        2008

Bhojpuri  ki Latamageshkar Samman-                                                                            2009

The Honorable President of India awarded prof. sharda sinha  “Padmashri” for her folk-classical experiment. Prof. Sinha was awarded   the “Sangeet Natak Akademy “award for the year 2000 ,for her contribution  to  folk music of bihar . She has also been awarded “Rashtriya Devi Ahilya Samman” by the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh .

To acknowledge her contribution to folk music Govt. of Bihar nominated her to the,   executive body of Bihar Rajya kala academy in 1982 & in 1987 The Govt. of India nominated her to the governing body of the “N.C.Z.C.C, Allahbad. 

Prof. sinha is at present a member of the Advisory committee All India Radio , darbhanga ,a member of the governing body, Eastern zonal cultural centre ,kolkata (W.B) & a member of the Expert Committee (ministry of culture , Govt. of India) for financial assistance for promotion and dissemination of Tribal / Folk Art and Culture.

Smt. Sharda sinha is a “Top Grade” artist of akashvani.

Padmashri prof sharda sinha is the Head of the Department of Music , Women’s College, Samastipur (L.N.M.U.Darbhanga ) Bihar.