The tunes enfold over her Veena making us sense the vibrant force of waves of the immeasurable oceans.

• • Dr.Radhika Veenasadhika The First ever lady Vichitra Veena player & innovator of smallest Vichitra Veen.a Dr.Radhika Veenasadhika is the granddaughter of Gwalior Darbar Vocalist Pt.Balabhau Umdekar Kundalguru and daughter and disciple of Pt. Shriram Umdekar who is “A” grade artist of Sitar ,Surbahar and Rudra Veena, She is also disciple of Grammy award winner and world famous Mohan Veena Player Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.

• • She  has completed her PHD in Indian Classical Music and has done research in the field of Music Therapy. She has successfully worked as a music therapist for the past many years .She is also  founder ,director of  V Radha’s Crystals, Aarohi Promotions & Aarohi Women Empowerment Group. She has Learned almost all Indian Music instruments such as Rudra Veena,Surbahar, Sitar , Israj, Jaltarang, Santoor, Harmonium ,Slide Guitar and many more, She can play them all wonderfully. She is a Four time Gold Medalist in Sitar and did her Vocal and other instruments degree with High Proficiency. She started learning Vichitra Veena as a challenge at the age of 13 and established herself as a well known Vichitra Veena player of the country. While offering wholesomeness to the playing style of Vichitra Veana, Dr. Radhika has made many significant changes to Vichitra Veena that have never been attempted by any other artist till date. Dr. Radhika has crafted some mesmerizing Ragas like the Navalvihangi and Chaitrvani, Madhumanjiri . Dr. Radhika has mesmerized her listeners with her Vichitra Veena performance in many seminars in India and world over. She has Given Many Concerts in India and abroad and successfully conducted workshops and lectures on Indian Classical music and Fusion music in the countries far and wide. Dr. Radhika has several Indian and foreign students who are learning the Vichitra Veena along with many other Indian instruments.

• • As an acclamation of the work by Dr. Radhika, various international publications, news channels, reality shows as well as Radio and print media have featured news & articles on Dr. Radhika. Informative documentaries are made on her performances of Vichitra Veena by electronic media. Countless music lovers in the country and abroad are lovers of the Vichitra Veena.

• • Dr. Radhika has played the Vichitra Veena for a number of records with various artists and has also ornamented several such records with the musical apparatus. Dr. Radhika has offered an inimitable contribution to Indian Classical music with her magnificent recitals on various television channels. Music Labels have also produced CDs of her unique performances on Vichitra Veena.Several articles, poems and stories written by this famous writer Dr. Radhika Umdekar Budhkar on the topics such as classical music, Indian music and various social issues are being published in different news publications and magazines also such publication being a continual process in future.