Sayani Palit

Sayani Palit is an Indian classical vocalist and composer who learned under the revered tutelage of Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and Padma Bhushan Girija Devi-ji for 20 years. Born with complete visual impairment, she describes her musical journey as being driven by a belief that music is the strongest medium to communicate and seeks to create work that will inspire people for inclusivity and equality. Crowned India’s most bona fide singing talent hunt, ‘Big Golden Voice’, in 2014, Sayani has been working as a music educator for the last few years. She previously worked as a playback singer with all the contemporary stalwarts of film music industry since 2011, and is currently conducting research on the Influence of Thumri in film music as a Ph.D scholar.