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	'''Nisha P. Rajagopalan''' ({{~~lang-~~ta\|நிஷா ராஜகோபாலன்}}) (born 22 October 1980), is a [[Carnatic music]]ian. Her mother, Vasundhara Rajagopal, is an established disciple of Gopala Iyer, a descendant of [[Koteeswara Iyer]], the prominent composer.<ref name="Sruti Magazine - March 2007 Issue">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sruti.com/2007/sruti_magazine_mar_2007.php \|title=Sruti Magazine - March 2007 Issue \|access-date=2010-05-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703073402/http://www.sruti.com/2007/sruti_magazine_mar_2007.php \|archive-date=2009-07-03 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Nisha commenced her training in vocal music from her mother, and later received training from T. R. Subramaniam, Calcutta Krishnamoorthy, Suguna Varadachary, and P. S. Narayanswamy.<ref name="Sruti Magazine - March 2007 Issue"/><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/15/stories/2003081501470700.htm \|title=The Hindu : Absorbing recital \|access-date=2010-05-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606132726/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/15/stories/2003081501470700.htm \|archive-date=2011-06-06 \|url-status=usurped }}</ref>		'''Nisha P. Rajagopalan''' ({{langx\|ta\|நிஷா ராஜகோபாலன்}}) (born 22 October 1980), is a [[Carnatic music]]ian. Her mother, Vasundhara Rajagopal, is an established disciple of Gopala Iyer, a descendant of [[Koteeswara Iyer]], the prominent composer.<ref name="Sruti Magazine - March 2007 Issue">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sruti.com/2007/sruti_magazine_mar_2007.php \|title=Sruti Magazine - March 2007 Issue \|access-date=2010-05-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703073402/http://www.sruti.com/2007/sruti_magazine_mar_2007.php \|archive-date=2009-07-03 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Nisha commenced her training in vocal music from her mother, and later received training from T. R. Subramaniam, Calcutta Krishnamoorthy, Suguna Varadachary, and P. S. Narayanswamy.<ref name="Sruti Magazine - March 2007 Issue"/><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/15/stories/2003081501470700.htm \|title=The Hindu : Absorbing recital \|access-date=2010-05-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606132726/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/15/stories/2003081501470700.htm \|archive-date=2011-06-06 \|url-status=usurped }}</ref>

	She is an A grade artiste of [[All India Radio]], [[Chennai]] and an accredited artiste with the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR).<ref name=bio>{{cite web\|url=http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/biography/artistid/14627\|title=Nisha Rajagopalan\|publisher=salzburgerfestspiele\|accessdate=31 July 2017\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170731020832/http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/biography/artistid/14627\|archivedate=31 July 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		She is an A grade artiste of [[All India Radio]], [[Chennai]] and an accredited artiste with the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR).<ref name=bio>{{cite web\|url=http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/biography/artistid/14627\|title=Nisha Rajagopalan\|publisher=salzburgerfestspiele\|accessdate=31 July 2017\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170731020832/http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/biography/artistid/14627\|archivedate=31 July 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Family==		==Family==
	Nisha was resident in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] with her parents as her father Rajagopalan was employed there. She is the middle one of three daughters. She moved with her mother and sisters to New Delhi to learn music from Professor T. R. Subramaniam. In 1995 her father found a job in Chennai and they all moved to Chennai. Nisha's husband Arvind is a pilot. They have a son, Vidyut, born in 2014.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sabhash.com/music/face-to-face/26/gene-passes-on.....htm\|title=Gene Passes On....\|author=Lakshmi Venkatraman\|publisher=sabhash.com\|date=19 November 2013\|accessdate=31 July 2017\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170731023848/http://www.sabhash.com/music/face-to-face/26/gene-passes-on.....htm\|archivedate=31 July 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Nisha was resident in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] with her parents as her father Rajagopalan was employed there. She is the middle one of three daughters. She moved with her mother and sisters to [[New Delhi]] to learn music from Professor T. R. Subramaniam. In 1995 her father found a job in Chennai and they all moved to Chennai. Nisha's husband Arvind is a pilot. They have a son, Vidyut, born in 2014.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sabhash.com/music/face-to-face/26/gene-passes-on.....htm\|title=Gene Passes On....\|author=Lakshmi Venkatraman\|publisher=sabhash.com\|date=19 November 2013\|accessdate=31 July 2017\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170731023848/http://www.sabhash.com/music/face-to-face/26/gene-passes-on.....htm\|archivedate=31 July 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Awards and felicitations==		==Awards and felicitations==
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'''Nisha P. Rajagopalan''' ({{lang-ta|நிஷா ராஜகோபாலன்}}) (born 22 October 1980), is a [[Carnatic music]]ian. Her mother, Vasundhara Rajagopal, is an established disciple of Gopala Iyer, a descendant of [[Koteeswara Iyer]], the prominent composer.<ref name="Sruti Magazine - March 2007 Issue">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sruti.com/2007/sruti_magazine_mar_2007.php |title=Sruti Magazine - March 2007 Issue |access-date=2010-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703073402/http://www.sruti.com/2007/sruti_magazine_mar_2007.php |archive-date=2009-07-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nisha commenced her training in vocal music from her mother, and later received training from T. R. Subramaniam, Calcutta Krishnamoorthy, Suguna Varadachary, and P. S. Narayanswamy.<ref name="Sruti Magazine - March 2007 Issue"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/15/stories/2003081501470700.htm |title=The Hindu : Absorbing recital |access-date=2010-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606132726/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/15/stories/2003081501470700.htm |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

She is an A grade artiste of [[All India Radio]], [[Chennai]] and an accredited artiste with the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR).<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/biography/artistid/14627|title=Nisha Rajagopalan|publisher=salzburgerfestspiele|accessdate=31 July 2017|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170731020832/http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/biography/artistid/14627|archivedate=31 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Family==
Nisha was resident in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] with her parents as her father Rajagopalan was employed there. She is the middle one of three daughters. She moved with her mother and sisters to New Delhi to learn music from Professor T. R. Subramaniam. In 1995 her father found a job in Chennai and they all moved to Chennai. Nisha's husband Arvind is a pilot. They have a son, Vidyut, born in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabhash.com/music/face-to-face/26/gene-passes-on.....htm|title=Gene Passes On....|author=Lakshmi Venkatraman|publisher=sabhash.com|date=19 November 2013|accessdate=31 July 2017|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170731023848/http://www.sabhash.com/music/face-to-face/26/gene-passes-on.....htm|archivedate=31 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Awards and felicitations==
She has received the following awards:
*The Hindu Saregama M S Subbulakshmi Award (first ever recipient of the award) (2011)<ref>{{cite news |title=Nisha Rajagopal, first recipient of The Hindu Saregama MS Subbulakshmi Award |date=1 April 2011 |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/nisha-rajagopal-first-recipient-of-the-hindu-saregama-ms-subbulakshmi-award/article1588819.ece | first=Meera | last=Srinivasan | accessdate=7 July 2020 }}</ref>
*Isai Peroli (Kartik Fine Arts)<ref name=sraavyam>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sraavyam.com/sh/Detail?code=AB3XAS|title=Vidushi.Nisha Rajagopalan|publisher=sraavyam.com|accessdate=21 October 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170731015158/https://www.sraavyam.com/sh/Detail?code=AB3XAS|archivedate=31 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Kalki Krishnamurthy Memorial Award (Kalki Krishnamurthy Memorial Trust)<ref name=sraavyam />
*Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani Award (Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha)<ref name=sraavyam />
*Outstanding Lady Vocalist (The Music Academy)<ref name=sraavyam />

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{youtube|NTV58RquUnA|Nisha Rajagopalan performs at Margazhi Utsavam}}
* [http://www.carnatica.net/links/vasundhara1.htm Vasundhara Rajagopal]

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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Women Carnatic singers]]
[[Category:Singers from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Women musicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women classical singers]]