Our founder secretary Late Prithish Bhattacharya was born in South Kolkata. Honorable Late Prithish Bhattacharya was a close relative of renowned musician Late Kumar Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury, the Zamindar of Gauripur (now in Bangladesh). He had developed a keen interest in music while staying at Rajbari in Kolkata (Gauripur house). From childhood he started learning the Sitar from Late Bimala Kant Roy Chowdhury, nephew of Late Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury , disciple of Late Ustad Inayat Khan and continued his studies till the Guru’s death in 1980. He also studied classical music and history of Indian music from Late Birendra Kishore and studied Sitar for about 12 years from Ustad Bilayet Hossain Khan and Imrat Hossain Khan. Heavenly Master Mustaq Ali Khan was very fond of him.