AWARDS OF APPRECIATION RECEIVED

• NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE, FROM PROF EDWIN THUMBOO & STAFF OF THE CENTRE FOR THE ART, JUNE 2001

• BANGLA LANGUAGE AND LITRARY SOCIETY SINGAPORE, APRIL 2000
• SRI VADAPATHIRA KALIAMMAN TEMPLE, NAVARATHIRI FESTIVAL 1999, SINGAPORE, 1999

• HINDU ENDOWMENTS BOARD, CONTRIBUTION IN DEEPAVALI ‘LIGHT UP’ FESTIVAL VILLAGE, SINGAPORE, 1999

• 12^TH SINGAPORE TAMIL YOUTH CONFERENCE, FOR PRESENTING A PAPER, ORCHID COUNTRY CLUB, DECEMBER 1999
• SRUTI LAYA FINE ARTS ACADEMY, SANGEET PRABHAHAR, PARTICIPATING IN THE JUGAL BANDI, TORONTO, CANADA, 1997
• SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY, 1996
• NUS INST. ENSEMBLE & DANCE, BHARAT CULTURE, 1996
• SINGAPORE GUJARATI SOCIETY, HINDI KARAOKE TALENTIME JUDGE, SINGAPORE, AUGUST 1996
• S.G.S., SANGEET SPARDHA, FOR JUDGING, SINGAPORE 1994
• CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL, IMAGE ’94, 1994
• HINDU ENDOWMENTS BOARD SINGAPORE, FOR PERFORMING AT SRI SIVAN TEMPLE MAHA KUMBABISHEGA CULTURAL PROGRAMME, 1993
• THE NORTH INDIAN HINDU ASSOCIATION, SHREE GEETA-JAYANTI CELEBRATIONS, SNIKA 70^TH ANNIVERSARY, SINGAPORE, JANUARY 1992
• SINGAPORE MALAYEE HINDU SAMAJAM, FOR PARTICIPATION IN ‘SAMAJAM NITE’, SINGAPORE JULY 1991
• SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY, 1991
• CHANGKAT COMMUNITY CENTRE, INDIAN ACTIVITIES GROUP, DEEPAVALI CULTURAL NITE, SINGAPORE, NOVEMBER 1991
• SING SINGAPORE, FOR JUDGING AT NATIONAL COMMUNITY SINGING COMPETITION, 1990
• SINGAPORE TAMIL YOUTH CONFERENCE, PARTICIPATION IN ‘VAANAVIL’
• SINGAPORE MALAYALEE HINDU SAMAJAM, 1989
• SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY, 1988

CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION RECEIVED

• ROTARY CLUB OF RAFFLES CITY, SINGAPORE, NOVEMBER 1990
• SRI VEERAMAKALIAMMAN TEMPLE, SINGAPORE, OCTOBER 1988
• SINGAPORE INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SINGAPORE, NOVEMBER 1988
• SINGA CITY, SINGAPORE, MAY 1987

LETTERS OF APPRECIATION RECEIVED

• HINDU ENDOWMENTS BOARD, SINGAPORE, OCTOBER 2000

• NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL, SINGAPORE, JULY 1999
• ACCORD MULTIMEDIA ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING PTE LTD, SINGAPORE, JUNE 1993
• SBC, CHILDREN’S TV, SINGAPORE, FEBRUARY 1993
• ISTANA, SINGAPORE, AUGUST 1992
• PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE, SINGAPORE, AUGUST 1992
• MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS, SINGAPORE, AUGUST 1992

• MINISTER, MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND THE ARTS, SINGAPORE, AUGUST 1992

• SINGAPORE COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, AUGUST 1991
• ARYA SAMAJ SINGAPORE, JANUARY 1988
• UNITED WORLD COLLEGE OF S.E. ASIA, SINGAPORE, JANUARY 1988
• SINGAPORE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY, OCTOBER 1986
• THE HINDU CENTRE SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1986
• NAGAR PALIKA GIRLS SENIOR SEC. SCHOOL, NEW DELHI, INDIA, NOVEMBER 1980

PRESS REVIEWS

• "The Little Drummer Girl" Her World (magazine), Singapore, November 2001

• "Study sitar music in Singapore" Singapore American (newsletter), Singapore, September 2001

• TAMIL MURASU, SINGAPORE, 24 NOVEMBER 2000

• "Don't Say Goodbye to your teacher" The Straits Times (Life!, Community), Singapore, October 17, 1997

• TAMIL MURASU, SINGAPORE, AUGUST 1992

• "SITAR SAVVY" Business Times, WEEKEND EDITION, Singapore, 28-29 October, 1989

• "SITAR SAVVY" Business Times, Singapore, 27 October, 1989

• “CHINESE TAKING UP SITAR AND TABLA LESSONS” THE SUNDAY TIMES, SINGAPORE, 27 NOVEMBER 1988

• “COME REJOICE IN THE BLOSSOMING LOTUSES OF CHINE AND INDIA… FROM THE TIP OF A BRUSH TO THE SUBTLE STRING…” LIEN ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, APRIL 1988

• "Magic of Sarod and Sitar" Dhainik Bhaskar, Gawalior, INDIA, 24 April 1986

• "Sitar Ki ek nayee pratibha [Genius] Sharafat Khan" Nav Bharat Times, New Delhi, INDIA, 24 April 1986

• "Yatras of the Spirits" The Economics Times, New Delhi, INDIA, 29 April 1984

• Sangeet Sabha in Jawaharlal Nehru University "The main attraction was USDAT Sharafat Khan's sitar recital..." Nav Bharat Times, New Delhi, INDIA, 26 January 1977

PUBLICATIONS

• “ENTER THE WORLD OF SITAR”

• “ENTER THE WORLD OF TABLA”

• “LET US PLAY THE FLUTE AND HARMONIUM”

• “INTO THE WORLD OF SITAR AND SAROD”

• “HINDUSTANI VOCAL MUSIC PART-I”

• “HINDUSTANI VOCAL MUSIC PART-II”

• “AN INTRODUCTION TO GUITAR”

• “AN INTRODUCTION TO VIOLIN”

PAPERS

• “Improvisation in Indian Music” presented at the 2^nd ASEAN Composers Forum, SINGAPORE, 1993

AUDIO COMPACT DISCS PRODUCED

• “SUR-JHANKAR (VOLUME-I)”

• “SUR-JHANKAR (VOLUME-II)”

• “FOLK TUNES OF INDIA"

• "CALL OF THE STRINGS”

• “UPHAR”

• “ANURAAG (VOLUME-I)”

• “TOGETHER (MAESTRO & DECIPLES)”

• “MEERA BHAJANS”

• “NORTH MEETS SOUTH (VOL.1)”

• “NORTH MEETS SOUTH (VOL.2)”

• “ENTER THE WORLD OF SITAR”

• “ENTER THE WORLD OF TABLA”

• “ENTER THE WORLD OF HINDUSTANI MUSIC”

VIDEO COMPACT DISCS PRODUCED

• “ENTER THE WORLD OF SITAR”

• “ENTER THE WORLD OF TABLA”

• AUDIO CASSETTES PRODUCED

• “NORTH MEETS SOUTH (VOL.1)”

• “ANJUM MELODIES”

• “FROM SINGAPORE WITH LOVE”

• “OFFERINGS-HINDI BHAJANS”

• “SUR-JHANKAR (VOLUME-I)”

• “SUR-JHANKAR (VOLUME-II)”