Nandini Shankar

She began her training at the age of 3 and gave her first public performance as an 8 year old. She gave her first full-fledged solo performance at the age of 13.[3] She plays violin in the Gayaki Ang.

Nandini Shankar has excelled in academics. She has completed her graduation in commerce, and is a qualified Indian Chartered Accountant (ICAI). She has also completed her M.A. in Music.

She has performed in the prestigious Carnegie Hall [4] in the year 2016.

She has travelled the globe for her performances in countries like USA,[4] Canada,[5] New Zealand,[6] UK,[7] France, Germany, Belgium,[5] Netherlands,[8] Hungary, UAE,[9] Bangladesh,[10] Malaysia,[11] Sri Lanka, Indonesia[12] and Singapore.[13] She has performed in various prestigious festivals like the Europalia,[5] Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival,[14] [15] [16] Yaksha (festival),[17] Saptak Festival of Music,[18] Aarohi for Pancham Nishad,[19] ITC SRA Sangeet Sammelan,[20] MERU in Netherlands,[8] Jaya Smriti organised by Hema Malini,[21] Temple of Fine Arts,[11] Bhilwara Sur Sangam,[22] The Association of Performing Arts of India,[23] T. N. Krishnan Foundation,[24] Delhi International Arts Festival,[25] Bengal Music Foundation,[10] Dover Lane Music Conference[26] and also been telecast in Idea Jalsa.[27] She also has a music video with her sister Ragini Shankar.[28]

She is a part of Sakhi, India's first ever all-girl Indian classical musical band, formed by Kaushiki Chakraborty.[29] She is also a part of 'inStrings', a fusion band combining various genres from across the world.

She currently resides in Mumbai.

Sangeetendu Pandit Lalmani Misra Kishor Adhyeta Award, 2007 [30]
Jaya Smriti presented by Hema Malini, 2012
Jashn-e-Youngistan presented by the Vice-President of India, [Venkaiah Naidu], 2018 [31]

"Nandini, also showed tremendous promise through an intuitive sense of accompaniment and technical execution."[20]
"The young Nandini Shankar was given ample opportunity to display her talent and she took utmost advantage of it, regaling the audience with her impressive interventions."[32]