Meet the Faculty
/ Kashipur, Uttarakhand

Lineage first. Standards that do not bend.

Sur Aur Taal was built on one premise: a student learns the grammar of raga or tala before they perform a single bar. That premise has not changed.

Extreme close-up of a sitar player's left hand pressing frets, fingers curved with precision, warm north-facing window light raking across the strings and fretboard, shallow depth of field, aged wood grain visible
Extreme close-up of a sitar player's left hand pressing frets, fingers curved with precision, warm north-facing window light raking across the strings and fretboard, shallow depth of field, aged wood grain visible
— Our founding rule

Technique before repertoire. Every time.

We do not compress classical training into digestible content. Students repeat the same measures until the body understands what the mind has not yet articulated.

Classical grammar precedes improvisation. Mudra sequence precedes expression. That sequence is not negotiable — it is the inheritance we protect.

Close-up of a Kathak instructor's hands mid-mudra, fingers extended in a precise gesture, natural diffused window light from the left, terracotta-toned practice room floor visible in background, sharp focus on hand geometry
Close-up of a Kathak instructor's hands mid-mudra, fingers extended in a precise gesture, natural diffused window light from the left, terracotta-toned practice room floor visible in background, sharp focus on hand geometry
Close-up of a Bharatanatyam dancer's feet in aramandi stance on a wooden practice floor, ankle bells visible, warm afternoon light through a high window casting long shadows across the floor, no performer's face visible
Close-up of a Bharatanatyam dancer's feet in aramandi stance on a wooden practice floor, ankle bells visible, warm afternoon light through a high window casting long shadows across the floor, no performer's face visible
+ Verified credentials

Faculty trained in the tradition

Pandit Ramesh Sharma — Vocal & Sitar

Trained under the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana lineage. Credentials verified by the Uttarakhand Sangeet Natak Akademi. Twenty-two years of formal instruction.

He teaches raga from the first swara, not from the first composition. Students spend months on scales before a bandish is introduced.

Smt. Kavita Negi — Bharatanatyam & Kathak

Disciple of Kalakshetra tradition. Certified by the Uttarakhand regional arts council. Seventeen years of teaching classical dance forms.

Footwork and posture are set in the first year. Expression and abhinaya are earned only after the body holds the adavus correctly.

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