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{{Infobox person
| name = Shruti Jauhari
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1969
| birth_place = [[Jabalpur]], Madhya Pradesh, India
| education = MSc (Zoology), MA (Music), PhD (Music)
| alma_mater = [[Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya]]
| occupation = Vocalist, musicologist, writer, music historian
| known_for = [[Hindustani classical music]], [[khayal]] and [[thumri]] styles
| notable_works = ''Elements of Hindustani Classical Music'' (2011)<br> ''Rag Malika'' (2016)
| style = [[Khayal]], [[Thumri]]
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| instrument = Vocals
| discography =
| years_active = 1980s–present
| website = https://shruti.in/
}}
}}

'''Shruti Jauhari''' (born 1969) is an Indian [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] vocalist, [[musicologist]], writer, and [[music historian]].<ref name=NewIndianExpress/> She is known for her work in the [[khayal]] and [[thumri]] styles.<ref name=dhvaniohio>{{cite news |title=Focus on pallavi singing at Nadasangamam |url=https://www.dhvaniohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/news-notes-Nadasangamam.pdf |work=SRUTI |publisher=Dhvani India Performing Arts Society of Central Ohio |date=April 2015 |pages=45}}</ref> She has authored three books on [[Hindustani classical music]], including ''Elements of Hindustani Classical Music'' (2011)<ref name=Hindustan/><ref name=GautamTheHindu/> and ''Rag Malika'' (2016).<ref name=TheHindu/>

Jauhari is a graded artist of [[All India Radio]] and has been active in both performance and teaching. She was Faculty Head of Hindustani Classical Music at the [[KM Music Conservatory]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Basu |first1=Amritapa |title=Bridging gap between Hindustani, Carnatic music |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31807&articlexml=Bridging-gap-between-Hindustani-Carnatic-music-24092014005097 |publisher=[[The Times of India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127021437/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31807&articlexml=Bridging-gap-between-Hindustani-Carnatic-music-24092014005097 |archive-date=November 27, 2018}}</ref> in Chennai and visiting faculty at the [[University of Madras]].<ref name=NewIndianExpress/> Her book, ''Elements of Hindustani Classical Music'' (2011) is listed as suggested reading in the music syllabi of [[Sikkim University]]<ref name=Sikkim/> and the [[Central University of Punjab]].<ref name=Punjab/><ref name=dainikbhaskar/>

== Early life and background ==
Shruti Jauhari was born in [[Jabalpur]], Madhya Pradesh. She received her initial training in [[Hindustani classical music]] from her father, R. M. Verma, and later trained under Pandit G. R. Kulkarni.<ref name=TimesOfIndia>{{cite news |last1=Ayub |first1=Jamal |title=Shruti Jauhari- Taking Hindustani music to gen next |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/shruti-jauhari-taking-hindustani-music-to-gen-next/articleshow/19421854.cms |publisher=[[The Times of India]] |date=April 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Hindustan/> She also trained under Pandit Sharada Prasad Bhatt.<ref name=NewIndianExpress>{{cite news |last1=Sampath |first1=Janani |title=Setting the pitch, the Shruti way |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2014/Mar/31/setting-the-pitch-the-shruti-way-592705.html |publisher=[[New Indian Express]] |date=March 31, 2014}}</ref><ref name=gold/>

Jauhari completed a master's degree in music from [[Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya]]<ref name=TimesOfIndia/> and also holds a master's degree in zoology.<ref name=gold/> She also did a PhD in music.<ref name=gold/> In 1994, after moving to [[Chennai]], she undertook voice culture training and studied aspects of [[Carnatic music]] under [[K. J. Yesudas]].<ref name=NewIndianExpress/><ref name=gold>{{cite news |title=Musician, Performing Artist, Historian, Teacher, Author, gives a workshop on Hindustani Classical Vocal Singing. |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=6974 |publisher=[[Goldsmiths, University of London]] |date=November 20, 2013}}</ref>

== Career ==
She has performed Indian classical music in India and abroad.<ref name=Hindustan/> Since 1988, she has been a graded artist with [[All India Radio]],<ref name=DK>{{cite web |title=Shruti Jauhari |url=https://dkprintworld.com/author-book/shruti-jauhari/ |publisher=DK Print |date=2015}}</ref> with broadcasts from its Jabalpur, Bhopal, and Chennai stations.<ref name=TimesOfIndia/>

She has performed at several venues across India, including Vyloppilly Samskriti Bhavan in [[Kerala]], [[Madras Music Academy]] in [[Chennai]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Thumri and Tappa styles in Hindustani Classical Music |journal=The Music Academy |volume=86 |issue=2015 |page=51 |url=https://musicacademymadras.in/catalogue/files/journals/Vol.86_2015.pdf |publisher=[[Madras Music Academy]]}}</ref> [[India International Centre]] in New Delhi, [[Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha|Purandara Bhavana]] in [[Bengaluru]], [[Bharat Bhavan]] in [[Bhopal]],<ref name=TimesOfIndia/> and the [[University of Madras]].<ref name=dainikbhaskar/> Outside India, her performances have taken place at Denis Arnold Hall, [[University of Oxford]], Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre, [[Leicester]], [[National Piping Centre]], Glasgow, and the [[Asian Civilisations Museum]] in Singapore.<ref name=dainikbhaskar/>

Jauhari has conducted a series of workshops titled Shruti Samvaad, focusing on the fundamentals of Hindustani classical music, including its history, structure, grammar, and stylistic nuances.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shruti Jauhari's lec-dem on elements of Hindustani music on September30 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/classical-notes/article3888581.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=September 13, 2012}}</ref> Some of her workshops have been held at institutions such as [[Goldsmiths, University of London]], the [[University of Oxford]],<ref name=Oxford>{{cite news |last1=Spence |first1=Laura |title=Artistic Licence: Exploring the sounds of South Asia |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/arts-blog/artistic-licence-exploring-sounds-south-asia |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> [[Asian Civilisations Museum]], Singapore,<ref name=DK/> the [[India International Centre]], New Delhi,<ref>{{cite web |title=Music Appreciation and Promotion |url=https://iicdelhi.in/programmes/music-appreciation-promotion-261 |publisher=[[India International Centre]] |date=April 21, 2016}}</ref> [[Narada Gana Sabha]], Ramanujan Auditorium, and [[Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai|The Institute of Mathematical Sciences]].<ref name=dainikbhaskar/> She has delivered lecture-demonstrations on voice culture as a specialised subject within Hindustani classical music.<ref name=TimesOfIndia/>

In 2018, Jauhari collaborated on ''Mallikāmoda'', a composition combining elements of Hindustani classical music and Western chamber music, commissioned by the [[University of Oxford]] Music Faculty and premiered at the [[Holywell Music Room]] as part of the Sounds of South Asia Series.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mallikāmoda (for voice and chamber ensemble) |url=http://desoliver.com/mallikamoda/ |publisher=Des Oliver |date=2018}}</ref><ref name=Oxford/>

In 2010, Jauhari performed alongside [[Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty]], [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]], and [[Javed Ali]] in ''Raag Roop Aur Rang'', a curated concert blending film songs with classical [[raga]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swaminathan |first1=G |title=Catchy mix of old and new |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/Catchy-mix-of-old-and-new/article16044660.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=September 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423155349/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/Catchy-mix-of-old-and-new/article16044660.ece |archive-date=April 23, 2021}}</ref>

=== Writing ===
She wrote her first book on music, titled ''Elements of Hindustani Classical Music'', which was published in 2011 by D.K. Printworld, New Delhi. The book explains the foundational concepts of [[Hindustani music]], including rāg, tāl, [[gharana]] traditions, and historical background,<ref name=Hindustan/> and received critical acclaim.<ref name=TimesOfIndia/><ref name=Hindustan/> Jauhari's ''Elements of Hindustani Classical Music'' (2011) is listed as "suggested reading" in the undergraduate music curriculum at [[Sikkim University]]<ref name=Sikkim>{{cite web |title=Suggested Reading |url=http://music.cus.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BPA-Hons-2017.pdf |publisher=Department Of Music, [[Sikkim University]] |pages=2}}</ref> and in the postgraduate syllabus at the [[Central University of Punjab]].<ref name=Punjab>{{cite web |title=Central University of Punjab Bathinda |url=https://cup.edu.in/iqac_syllabi/2020-22/Arts/MPA-Mu%2020.pdf |publisher=[[Central University of Punjab]] |page=3 |date=2020}}</ref>

Her second book, ''Rag Malika'', was published in 2016 by Sangeet Karyalaya, [[Hathras]]. It is an English adaptation of [[Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande]]'s Kramik Pustak Malika. The book presents selected [[raga|rāgs]] and [[Tala (music)|tāls]] with notations and interpretive commentary. It is intended to be accessible to both Indian and Western readers. The cover features artwork by [[S. Rajam]].<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite news |title=A musical East-West link |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/A-musical-East-West-link/article16076735.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=October 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520020126/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/A-musical-East-West-link/article16076735.ece |archive-date=May 20, 2023}}</ref>

Jauhari authored her third book, ''Fundamentals of Hindustani Classical Music'', published in 2021 by [[Munshiram Manoharlal]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Fundamentals of Hindustani Classical Music |date=2021 |publisher=[[Munshiram Manoharlal]] |isbn=9788121513548 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Fundamentals_of_Hindustani_Classical_Mus/-nBxzgEACAAJ?hl=en}}</ref> She also contributed to ''Bharatasya Sangeet-Vishwanubandha Yatra'', an anthropological review of Indian music published by Mumbai Tarun Bharat in collaboration with the [[Ministry of Culture]], [[Government of India]].<ref name=dainikbhaskar>{{cite news |title=जबलपुर की सुरसाधिका डॉ. श्रुति जौहरी, जिन्होंने ऑक्सफोर्ड तक पहुँचाया हिंदुस्तानी संगीत |url=https://dainikbhaskarup.com/dr-shruti-johri-the-music-director-of-jabalpur-who-brought-hindustani-music-to-oxford/ |publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |date=July 17, 2025 |location=[[Uttar Pradesh]] |language=hi}}</ref>

=== Academic ===
She has served as visiting faculty in the Department of Music at the [[University of Madras]].<ref name=NewIndianExpress/> In 2001, Jauhari established the Geetanjali Sangeet Academy in Chennai.<ref name=gold/> She served as the Faculty Head of [[Hindustani classical music]] at the [[KM Music Conservatory]], founded by [[A. R. Rahman]].<ref name=TimesOfIndia/>

== Bibliography ==
* ''Elements of Hindustani Classical Music''. D.K. Printworld, 2011. {{ISBN|978-8124605684}}
* ''Rag Malika''. Sangeet Karyalaya, 2016. {{ISBN|81-89828-13-4}}
* ''Fundamentals of Hindustani Classical Music''. Munshiram Manoharlal, 2021. {{ISBN|978-81-215-1354-8}}
* ''Bharatasya Sangeet-Vishwanubandha – Yatra''. Mumbai Tarun Bharat & [[Ministry of Culture (India)|Ministry of Culture]], 2023. {{ASIN|B0CG9RTTBH}}

== Reception ==
Gautaman Bhaskaran of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', in his review of ''Elements of Hindustani Classical Music'', described the book as "an enriching journey of the various gharanas of vocal music, letting us peek into the lives of some illustrious musicologists and singers." He noted that the volume "does not really purport to be a treatise on history" and is "meant for those musically inclined and who might want to pursue this strand of music either as a [[rasika]] or a student, perhaps eventually graduating into a performer".<ref name=Hindustan>{{cite news |last1=Bhaskaran |first1=Gautaman |title=Review: Elements of Hindustani Classical Music |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-elements-of-hindustani-classical-music/story-AJ4JWLNCbBOCBSJrv0irJN.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=August 6, 2011 |location=Chennai}}</ref>

Reviewing ''Elements of Hindustani Classical Music'' in ''[[The Hindu]]'', Savitha Gautam wrote that the book "packs quite a bit of information" and offers "valuable information about the evolution and the current state" of Hindustani music. She appreciated its coverage of musical forms, gharanas, and notable figures, but noted that it "lacks tight editing" and pointed to issues with grammar and punctuation.<ref name=GautamTheHindu>{{cite news |last1=Gautam |first1=Savitha |title=Of alap, raag and taan: Shruti Jauhari's book on Hindustani classical music packs quite a bit of information |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/of-alap-raag-and-taan/article2370747.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=August 19, 2011}}</ref>

''[[The Hindu]]'', in its review, described Jauhari's book Rag Malika (2016) as "a unique attempt" to adapt [[Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande|V.N. Bhatkhande]]'s ''Kramik Pustak Malika'' into English, noting that it "holds enormous possibilities" for connecting Hindustani and Western classical music. It also noted that the book seeks to bridge the gap between Indian and Western musical traditions and contribute to a broader global music consciousness.<ref name=TheHindu/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2012/Dec/11/god-is-the-opposite-of-ego-432846.html God is the opposite of ego] at ''[[The New Indian Express]]''
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