Buddhadev Das Gupta

Buddhadev Das Gupta
Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta at a concert accompanied by Pandit Chandra Nath Shastri with Tabla, Calcutta, 1987.
Native name	বুদ্ধদেব দাশগুপ্ত
Born	Buddhadev Das Gupta (1933-02-01) 1 February 1933 (age 84) Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
Other names	Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta
Alma mater	IIEST Shibpur
Occupation	singer, Musicians
Musical career
Genres	Hindustani classical music
Instruments	sarod, vocal
Labels	Nimbus Records
Associated acts	Chandra Nath Shastri Radhika Mohan Maitra All India Radio
Website	www.buddhadevdasgupta.com

Padmabhushan Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta (Bengali: বুদ্ধদেব দাশগুপ্ত Buddhodeb Dashgupto) is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod. Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta resides in Kolkata, India. He is one of the artists featured in Nimbus Records' The Raga Guide.

Buddhadev Das Gupta (born 1 February 1933) in his maternal home at Bhagalpur, India to parents Prafulla Mohan Dasgupta and Bhabani Dasgupta. His father was District Magistrate by profession and an avid lover of music although he never learnt music. Since childhood little Buddhadev grew up with a musical atmosphere at his home. At a very early age he started taking Sarod lessons from the eminent Sarod maestro Sangitachrya sri Radhika Mohan Maitra. His first program in the All India Radio was as a guest artist. He has done more than 17 national programs in All India Radio, which is a very rare incident among known Indian Classical Musicians.

Besides his world-wide fame as a Sarod maestro, Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta has had an equally brilliant track record in Academics. He stood 2nd in the Matriculation Examination, held in 1948. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the prestigious Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, which was then affiliated to the University of Calcutta and stood 2nd. He received the honorary D.Litt degree from the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur (his alma mater) at its annual convocation on 16 February 2010.