VISHWESH BHAT

           

Vishwesh Bhat                   Dr. Ashwini Bhat
Trained in both Carnatic & Hindustani classical, VISHWESH BHAT is known for his UNIQUE Raga based creative, fun filled entertaining performance!!

THE ONLY MUSICAL family to present RAGA series in both Carnatic & Hindustani styles in multi languages and genres with over 32,000 subscribers on YOUTUBE!!

Vishwesh & Ashwini are the FIRST MUSICAL KANNADIGA COUPLE to do research, setup their own recording studio, sing, play, record, edit and release their music ALBUM in USA in 2004.

AWARDS

“SWARA SADHANA RATNA” award in UK, “GAANA KALA RATNA” award in Bangalore
• 3 Kannada International music awards (KIMA) for best composition & devotional singing
• Best Music for short film @Rangayana, Mysore; 
• “Adarsha Dampathi” award to the couple in 2022
• “CHAITRASHREE” award at UBDT College of Engg, Davanagere, 1995 
• BEST ACTOR award from Governor of Karnataka, Sri A.N.Banerjee in 1985.
• Honoured by ‘India Association of Memphis’, USA ‘Taranga Kannada Sangha’ USA, ‘India Cultural Center & Temple’, USA between 2000-2007. 
Artist of the month in June 2019 https://www.indiantalentmagazine.com/2019/07/05/vishwesh-bhat/

500+ creative performances, 50 Kannada KOOTA’s, 7 countries – USA, UK, SINGAPORE, IRELAND, QATAR, IRAN, KUWAIT with EXCELLENT Reviews!!

USA performances – New Jersey, FLORIDA (Tampa, Miami, Orlando), Pittsburgh, California, Dallas, Atlanta, St. Louis, Detroit, Memphis, Kansas, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Washington, Delaware, Pheonix, Raleigh, Nashville, Huntsville, AKKA Sammelana-20, NAVIKA-16 

UK and IRELAND – LEICESTER Kannada Ugadi, Indian High Commission, LONDON, and BELFAST. 

MIDDLE EAST – INDIAN EMBASSY@ IRAN, Tehran, KUWAIT, KARNTAKA SANGHA QATAR Performances in DELHI Karnataka Sangha, Chennai Karnataka Sangha, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Agartala

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE –
Vishwesh Bhat, is a Senior IT Professional for over 26 years having worked with companies like Infosys besides working for AutoZone Inc in USA for many years. He currently works with NTTDATA as IT Director. He is born and brought up in Ballari though his roots are from Udupi. Besides being a musician, he is also a dramatist and Cartoonist for the newspaper Deccan Herald and many other magazines. 

Worked with IT companies like Mphasis, AutoZone Inc USA, Infosys and NTTDATA in his 26+ years of IT life.

• ‘EXTRA MILER’ and WITTDJR awards in AutoZone, USA in 2002 and 2006
• Received awards for Business Transformation and CSR and Cultural engagement.

Along with musician wife, Dr. Ashwini Bhat, he introduced new age "KAN-Fusion (Kannada fusion) in 2004.

PERFORMANCES for EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, NGO and CORPORATES 

➢ Educational institutions - RV Engg college, PESIT, IISC, Nitte Meenakshi engg college, NIMHANS, Kidwai, Mysore Medical college Alumni, VTU fest Nagarjuna engg college, Ramaiah Medical college, Chaitanya Techno, Narayana Health (Hrudayalaya)
➢ Ganesha, Durga puja & Rajyotsava events @ Bangalore – Purva Venezia, Purva Highlands, Brigade Gardenia, Elita Promenade, Ferns city, Princetown, Micolayout Mahila samaja, Gourava Nagara, Vasantha Nagar, Shreyas Colony, Prestige Falcon city, JP Nagar, Fort High school Ramanavami
➢ Infosys, Honeywell, Silkboard, Brocade, MRPL Suratkal, NTTDATA, Yukogawa, Schneider electric, Maxim electronics, Moog, FinMO, Vatsalya Dental, Mahendra Comviva, Adamya Chethana, SCOPE Foundation
➢ Jury for VTU fest @Nagarjuna Engg college, BGS Music mania, KIMA voice etc.

• He has composed and recorded music for 6 Laser shows & musical fountains - Somnath temple Gujarat, Bodhgaya, Kanpur, Ahmadabad and Mangalore, launched by PM of India, Sri Narendra Modi.
• He has composed for award winning short films, jingles, theme for INFOSYS Foundation, AKKA Sammelana, Newyork Koota, Madhwacharya compositions. Created 6 music CD’s all recorded in his own music studio.
• Published over 1000 cartoons in DECCAN HERALD, Times of India etc. as Cartoonist.
• He is the founder member of “TARANGA Kannada sangha” in Memphis, USA in 2001. 
• Performed in the presence of President of INDIA, Smt. Prathibha Patil, (2009), INDIAN AMBASSADOR at IRAN (2016), Indian High commissioner, LONDON, (2018), Governor of Tripura at Agartala (2016)
 
Oneindia article

https://kannada.oneindia.com/news/bengaluru/music-is-life-for-this-software-professional-of-bengaluru-118980.html

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