Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay

Outstanding Musician, Prolific Guru, and Exemplary Academician

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  • Throwback to 1998: A Dream Called “Computer Music”

    I feel immense joy remembering my inspiring and action-packed collaboration with Dr. Bernard Bel, a visionary computer scientist of global repute. He was the catalyst who helped me push the boundaries of tradition by dreaming up the inclusion of Computer Music in Indian university education — at a time when “digital” was still a whisper…

  • Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay Honored with Prof. S. C. Goswami Lifetime Achievement Award

    News Update | by: Dr. Pragya Pyasi | March 19, 2025 We are delighted to share that the distinguished sitar maestro and revered Guru, Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, has been conferred with the Prof. S. C. Goswami Lifetime Achievement Award. This prestigious honor was jointly presented by Muktabodha: Centre for Indological Studies and Research and the…

  • Adieu Sikkim University

    The June 30, 2021 was the last working day of Professor [Pt.] Sanjoy Bandopadhyay at the Sikkim University From Facebook SUTA [Sikkim University Teachers’ Association] on WhatsApp | [1:14 PM, 6/30/2021] Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay writes It is time to say goodbye to all my colleagues at Sikkim University. It was a prized four years for me! I…

  • Remembering Peejush Prasanna on 01 January 2009 evening

    Remembering Peejush Prasanna on 01 January 2009 evening

    First Posted on August 15, 2012 by sitardivine A Report by Sanjoy Bandopadhyay [copied from ‘Family Wiki’] It was 6:15 in the evening, the call-bell rang. I got angry because I told everyone to keep the house gate unlocked – we were expecting our people to come. I thought it was Rushai who locked the door and I…

  • First School Kishore Bharati

    FirstPosted on June 15, 2014 by sitardivine We just found a letter of Pt. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay’s father Mr. Peejush Prasanna Banerjee. This is a letter draft. It was addressed to the school Secretary, Kishore Bharati, Behala. This appears to be the first letter that was written regarding the schooling of Pandit Bandopadhyay. He was admitted to Class-II  in…

  • The Masks, the Feelings, the Erudite Minds, and 19 Cups of Tea

    September 18, 2020, 4 p.m., Cauvery Hall, Gangtok Sikkim University — a grand online event — the Teachers’ Day 2020.  Let me take you a little back. It was the morning of 02 September, Sikkim University decided to felicitate four retired professors for their contributions in the advancement of the university. I was one of…

  • Felicitation Speech at the Central University of Sikkim

    Felicitation Speech at the Central University of Sikkim

    Felicitation Speech  at the Central University of Sikkim on the Teachers’ Day on September 05, 2020 By Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay I never dreamt that my Mother University will ever consider felicitating me for my humble efforts to understand its inherent rhythm and my endeavor to find a matching pace so that the dreams to grow may…

  • News Archive since 2014

    It occurred that we inadvertently deleting the news that appears on this site at different times. So we decided to create this archive. Better late than never! Commendable Research Presentation by Dr. Pragya Pyasi connecting PSB’s  Music Pedagogy and SDG at the Lovely Professional University Dr. Pragya Pyasi’s research presentation on “Exploration of Innovation and…

  • Tribute to the Music Legend Richie Havens at Woodstock

    Tribute to the Music Legend Richie Havens at Woodstock

    Hindi Translation —- Bengali Translation Playing at the Bethel Woods on the 18 Aug 2013 to pay tribute to the music icon Richie Havens I had the opportunity to pay my humble musical tribute to the music legend Richie Havens during the memorial function  along with Steve Gorn [Bansuri] and Samir Chatterjee [Tabla]. Thanks to…