About the artist   "Sonorous and Soulful" - Indian Express "Rao - A staple in the New England Music scene" - India New England "Shuchita Rao is a rare art critic - one that conveys the depth of an artist, by asking insightful questions only an artist herself could ask. " - Deepti Nijhawan, President, MITHAS comments in e-zine Lokvani "We were mesmerized by Shuchita's performance at Sharon Tsunami Fundraiser" - Hiten Mehta "Hypnotic and amazing vocalist" - Ellen Freeman     Shuchita Rao, was born in a family of music lovers in Hyderabad, India. Her initial training in Hindusthani Vocal Classical music was with Dr. N.K.Karhade. Later, she trained under the noted Gwalior Gharana exponent Smt. Malini Rajurkar. She has also received guidance from Padma Bhushan Dr. Prabha Atre, Shri Ramakant Gundecha, Pandit Ajay Pohankar and Pandit Vinayak Torvi. Shuchita is proficient in Hindustani classical music as well as Hindustani light classical music. She began performing at a very young age and was regularly featured on All India Radio, Hyderabad. She has won several honors and awards for her singing. Shuchita has given public performances at the following locations • MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass • LearnQuest Conference,Weston, Mass • Tsai Performance Center, Boston, Mass • Bhai Mardana Singh Institute, Long Beach, CA • University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado • University of Pittsburgh, PA & Shri Venkateshwara temple, Pittsburgh, PA • Maharashtra Mandal, Hyderabad, India Shuchita is a freelance writer and has written for Indian newspapers such as Sruti magazine, Times of India and Indian Express. In the U.S, she has written for Lokvani, Khabar Magazine and is arts correspondent for the newspaper India New England and regularly writes on the subjects of on Indian Music, Dance and Culture. Shuchita has worked for Tata Consultancy Services in India and Pricewaterhouse Coopers in the U.S as a software consultant. She founded RASA Institute of Music (Raga Aesthetics Sharing and Appreciation) in Sharon, MA and also teaches classical music at Learnquest Academy of Music, Waltham, MA. Currently, she works as Instructional Technology Specialist at IIIT-Hyderabad, India. To read an interview with Shuchita, click here.