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Samyukta is an award-winning singer of Indian Classical Music (ICM) with an active teaching and performance career in New York City. She has trained primarily in Carnatic (South Indian) Music but has branched out to Hindustani (North Indian) music in the last decade. Her clients are of all ages and range from purely ICM singers to professional musical theatre singers looking to expand their repertoire and increase their versatility through ICM training. Samyukta holds an MA in Voice Pedagogy for Indian Classical Voices at the Voice Study Centre and the University of Wales Trinity St David. Her research includes laryngeal registration for ICM singers, the mechanics of ICM vocal ornamentation and how to teach it, and incorporating compassion into ICM classroom settings with a goal to bridge the gap between scientific vocal technique and the oral tradition of ICM. She has presented her research at several conferences, such as PEVoC, VASTA, ISME, and NATS, and has been published in the journal Australian Voice. Samyukta also holds a Voice Teacher Training certification from New York Vocal Coaching.